Iran slams EU allegations on missile supplies to Russia
Iran has strongly condemned the European Union’s allegations about its involvement in the Ukraine war.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kan’ani strongly condemned the statement of the High Representative of the European Union accusing the Islamic Republic of interference in the Ukraine conflict.
Kan’ani said any claim regarding sales of Iranian missiles to Russia is unfounded.
“I am again clearly reminding the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Any claim that Iran sells ballistic missiles to Russia is false,” he said.
He warned against such destructive comments and false accusations.
“We recommend that the European Union avoid accusations based on false information,” the spokesman said.
He also addressed the threat by the EU to impose new restrictive measures against Iran over the issue.
Kan’ani said Western countries are addicted to sanctions.
He said such measures create problems rather than solving them, as they will trigger an Iranian response.
“Unfortunately, some Western parties are addicted to the imposition of sanctions, a path that not only does not help to solve the problems but is itself a part of the problem and will face Iran's response,” he said.
The US, UK, France and Germany have already slapped their own sanctions on Iran over the allegations, despite denial by Iran.
On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France and Germany - known as the E3 – issued a statement against what they alleged was “Iran’s export and Russia’s procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles.”
They also decided to “cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran” and announced that they would work towards imposing sanctions against Iran Air, the country’s national airliner.
On Tuesday, the US Treasury and the State Department imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and nine entities based in Iran and Russia.
Included in the sanctions were ships that regularly bring cargo across the Caspian Sea between Iran and Russia, the Treasury said.
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