The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday vehemently condemned the sanctions of the European Council and the United Kingdom on the use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war, stressing that it reserves the right to respond to “any irresponsible measures”.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) of Iran, Nasser Kanani, rejected “the accusations of Germany, France and the United Kingdom” about the use of Iranian drones in the war in Ukraine, highlighting, through a note published in the official website of the ministry that the sanctions imposed against his country are based on “false and baseless excuses”.
“We reserve the right to respond to any irresponsible action and will not hesitate to defend the interests of the Iranian nation,” Kanani said.
Referring to the war between Iran and Iraq (1980-1988), the Iranian diplomat said that “the Iranian nation will never forget that some European countries, sending weapons and mass destruction, including chemical weapons, participated in the eight-year war in Iraq “. President Saddam Hussein against the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran holds these countries responsible for the crimes of Saddam Hussein,” he adds, quoted by Efe.
For Kananí, “the provocative approaches of the European Union and the United Kingdom are contrary to their absurd and hypocritical claims to contribute to lasting peace and stability in the world.”
“We have always emphasized that all members of the United Nations must fully respect the principles of the UN Charter and international law, including the principle of sovereign equality, territorial integrity or political independence of States,” said the official, who He assured that Iran “supports peace and the immediate end of the war in Ukraine through a political process”.
The ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (EU) this week approved sanctions on three people and one entity for selling drones to Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine.
Source: TSF
