The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian come after months of mixed messages from Iran about the weapons shipment as Russia sends drones to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian targets. “We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the war in Ukraine,” Amirabdollahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran.

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Iranian officials have previously denied arming Russia in its war against Ukraine. Just earlier this week, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, called the allegations “totally baseless” and reiterated Iran’s position of neutrality in the war. The US and its Western allies on the Security Council have called on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to investigate whether Russia has used Iranian drones to attack civilians in Ukraine. Current trend

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Story continues below ad Even so, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard vaguely boasted that it provided drones to the world’s top powers. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the drones’ effectiveness and mocked the West’s handshake of their danger. During state-sponsored protests to commemorate the 1979 US Embassy takeover on Friday, crowds mingled placards with the drones in a triangle shape as a sign of national pride. While admitting the mission, Amirabdollahian claimed on Saturday that Iran was unaware of its use of drones in Ukraine. He said Iran remains committed to ending the conflict. “If (Ukraine) has documents that Russia used Iranian drones in Ukraine, it should provide them to us,” he said. “If it is proven to us that Russia used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will not be indifferent to this issue.” 0:36 USA fears that Russia may be advising Iran on how to suppress the ongoing protests © 2022 The Canadian Press