EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell condemned Iran for supporting Russia in its full-scale war against Ukraine. He called on the Iranian authorities to stop military assistance to Moscow, reports European Pravda.
"Tehran is aware of Russia's ongoing war crimes against civilian infrastructure. Iran is making a huge strategic mistake, it is taking the wrong path and destroying its credibility when it pretends not to take sides in this war," the EU's top diplomat said today, 23 December, following his participation in the second Baghdad Cooperation and Partnership Conference.
Borrell added that he had raised this issue with the Iranian Foreign Minister. The latter strongly denied that Iran was providing drones to Russia and claimed that such supplies had taken place only before Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The EU's top diplomat also called on the Iranian authorities to stop executions and bloody repressions against peaceful protesters.
“Siding with Russia and the unacceptable repression of protests cannot come without consequences. That is why last week’s Foreign Affairs Council adopted new sanctions against Iran in reaction to its delivery of drones to Russia,” he said.
The sanctions also concern human rights violations.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry denied accusations of military support to Russia and condemned "rude remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy" against the country made in the US Congress.