Tehran Diplomat Confirms Iran Was Never Part Of The Russo-Ukrainian War

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Badminton. (Twitter/Iran Foreign Ministry)

JAKARTA - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Badhi said his country was never part of the Russian-Ukraine war, on the other hand, always supported political solutions to end the war there.

He told IRNA on Sunday when asked about the alleged transfer of Iran's short-range ballistic missile to Russia for use in Ukraine's war.

It said the charges of shipping ballistic missiles were made in recent days in Western media, amid increasing clashes between Russia and Ukraine.

"As has been emphasized repeatedly, the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite its opposition to war, supports political solutions to resolve differences between Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict," the spokesman said.

"Iran has never been a part of the conflict and its continuation," he said.

He further said the main approach and what the Iranian government stated regarding the Ukraine crisis remained unchanged.

Therefore, continued Badminton, allegations of Iran's ballistic missile transfer to Russia were "baseless" and repeated by certain Western countries seeking political purposes.

The diplomat noted that conventional military cooperation between Iran and Russia had taken place before the start of the Ukraine war.

"The cooperation is within the framework of a bilateral agreement and is based on international law and norms, and has nothing to do with the Ukraine crisis," he concluded.