Iran: US, Western allies prolonged war by sending arms to Ukraine
Iran has rejected as “baseless” claims by the United States, Britain and France about Tehran’s role in Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, saying the Western countries— not the Islamic Republic— have prolonged the war by supplying weapons to Kiev.
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani made the remarks in a letter sent to the UN chief and the Security Council’s president on Wednesday, after the US, British and French envoys leveled coordinated accusations at Tehran concerning the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict during a Security Council meeting on August 30.
He said Iran “categorically rejects” any allegations suggesting its involvement in the sale, export, or transfer of arms in violation of its international commitments to Russia as “misleading, completely unfounded” and “entirely baseless”.
The Islamic Republic regards the accusations “as merely the narrow and shortsighted political agendas of these three permanent members of the Council, aimed at advancing their own political interests,” he added.
“It is both ironic and hypocritical that three countries directly involved in the Ukraine conflict and significantly contributing to its escalation through the supply of advanced weaponry have boldly made such baseless claims against Iran. The United States and its allies cannot deny the undeniable reality that their provision of … advanced weaponry … has prolonged the war in Ukraine and inflicted harm on civilians and civilian infrastructure.”
Iravani also said that it is indeed the United States— not Iran— that is the "primary advocate and propagator of terrorism" both in the region and the entire world.
"The United States is number one in sponsoring Israel, the most dangerous terrorist regime in the world,” he emphasized.
Russia launched what it called a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 partly to prevent NATO’s eastward expansion after warning that the US-led military alliance was following an “aggressive line” against Moscow.
Russia has repeatedly warned against the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine, saying it prolongs the conflict. .
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