Iran’s top general says that Western claims its drones are being used by Russia against Ukraine show the “effectiveness” of Tehran’s unmanned aerial vehicles, Iranian media reports.
Tehran had repeatedly denied supplying weapons “to be used” in the war in Ukraine, but admitted in early November that it had sent drones to Russia before the invasion began in February.
“Today’s atmosphere-creating by the world of arrogance [a reference to the United States and its allies] regarding the use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war is part of the enemy’s psychological warfare,” Major General Mohammad Bagheri says, according to Tasnim news agency.
“Apart from the fact that many of these claims may be false, this, in fact, shows the effectiveness, importance and high rank of the Islamic Republic in the field of drones,” says Bagheri.
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