Ukraine accuses Iran of violating a UNSC ban on transfer of drones capable of flying 300 kilometres and invites UN weapons experts to inspect downed UAVs
Iran has rejected"baseless" claims that Tehran is providing Russia with weapons and drones to be used in the fight against Ukraine.
US Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters in Washington on Wednesday that the United States will join Britain and France in raising the issue at the council meeting. Resolution 2231 was adopted by the UN’s most powerful body in 2015 to endorse the nuclear deal between Iran and six key nations -- the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear activities and preventing the country from developing a nuclear weapon.
In addition, the Mohajer-series is manufactured by Qods Aviation, which is on the UN sanctions blacklist and subject to an asset freeze by all countries, he said. He invited UN experts monitoring sanctions against Iran to visit Ukraine "at the earliest possible opportunity" to inspect the recovered drones, saying the government hopes the information will be "helpful" in the UN’s investigations into the implementation of the resolution.
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