In August, The Washington Post published an article claiming that Iran was supplying its drones to RussiaWASHINGTON, October 18.
/tass/. Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said on Tuesday that he was unable to confirm speculation about Iran's possible supply of surface-to-surface missiles to Russia.
At a regular briefing for journalists at the US Defense Ministry, he was asked to confirm media claims that Tehran is preparing to send these missiles to Moscow, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles. "I've seen press reports about it. At the moment I don't have any information confirming this," Ryder replied.
In August, The Washington Post published an article claiming that Iran was supplying its drones to Russia. Subsequently, similar statements were made by representatives of the American administration. The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called such messages stuffing.
On Tuesday, Peskov said that the Kremlin does not have information about the purchase of Iranian drones by Russia, this issue should be forwarded to the Ministry of Defense. He also stressed that the Russian Federation uses drones of domestic production.
At the end of September, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan said that Tehran does not support any of the parties to the conflict in Ukraine and opposes the supply of foreign weapons to both Kiev and Moscow.
