Iran Admits To Providing Drones To Russia

After weeks of denial, Iran has confirmed it supplied deadly unmanned drones to Russia for use in its ongoing war with Ukraine. On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told IRNA, Iran's state-run news agency, that reports of continued drone shipments were false and that Iran had not sent drones to Russia since before the invasion began in February. "This fuss made by some Western countries that Iran has provided missiles and drones to Russia to help the war in Ukraine - the missile part is completely wrong. The part about drones is correct, we did provide a limited number of drones to Russia in the months before the start of the war in Ukraine," said Amirabdollahian. The admission from Amirabdollahian comes just weeks after Iran's U.N. representative gave a striking denial to past allegations of drone shipments.