Iran stresses sale of drones to Russia dating back to before Ukraine war

Speaking to the media, the Minister of Foreign Affairs added: "We asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to provide us with any evidence that Russia used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine".

Reacting to US President Joe Biden's recent remarks regarding liberating Iran, Amir-Abdollahian said: "Mr. Biden received his answer in Dr. Raisi's remarks yesterday, and American officials immediately corrected him after his ill-considered remarks and announced that the US does not have such a position".

The foreign minister noted: "Of course, the Americans were always looking for regime change in Iran in the past decades. Many times during the nuclear negotiations, we clearly told them that they have hidden goals".

He said about the meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations in Tehran: "The meeting will be held today in Tehran with the presence of 18 deputy foreign ministers of the member states. Its main purpose is to send a strong message to the international community against the unilateralism and unfair sanctions of some western activists".

The Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations was formed by 19 countries with the aim of preserving, upgrading, and defending the credibility of the UN Charter.

The member states of the group comprise Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Laos, Nicaragua, Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.

Iran's FM also mentioned the planning of a meeting between Iranian and Ukrainian officials in a European country and said: "The meeting was not held, and the reason was that the US and some European countries, especially Germany, asked Ukraine not to meet with Iran. But after that, in a phone call last week with my Ukrainian counterpart, we agreed that if there is an evidence, he should provide it to us."