Iran pledges reaction to Western sanctions over Russian missile supply

Tehran denies weapons transfers and calls caller sanctions ‘economic terrorism’.

Iran has condemned allegations by Western countries that it has supplied short-range missiles to Russia for usage against Ukraine and pledged to respond to caller sanctions imposed by a trio of European states.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nasser Kanaani, successful a connection issued precocious connected Tuesday, reiterated Iran’s denial that it has supplied the weapons and called the sanctions announced by Britain, France and Germany “economic terrorism” against the radical of Iran.

He pledged that the 3 European countries would look “appropriate and proportionate action”.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom announced the sanctions earlier the aforesaid time aft the United States formally accused Iran of supplying the weapons to Moscow.

The measures revoke bilateral deals for providing aerial services to Iran and enforce sanctions connected emblem bearer Iran Air that volition restrict its quality to alert to Europe.

“In addition, we volition prosecute the designations of important entities and individuals progressive with Iran’s ballistic rocket programme and the transportation of ballistic missiles and different weapons to Russia,” the 3 European states said.

The Iranian spokesman’s connection did not notation akin sanctions that were announced by the US.

“Any assertion that the Islamic Republic of Iran has sold ballistic missiles to the Russian Federation is wholly baseless and false,” Kanaani said.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, accuses Iran of supplying Russia with short-range ballistic missiles during a quality league with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy connected September 10, 2024, successful London [Alberto Pezzali/Pool via Reuters]

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a sojourn to London, said Russia had received shipments of ballistic missiles from Iran and would “likely usage them wrong weeks successful Ukraine”.

Warning that practice betwixt Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security, helium added that dozens of Russian subject unit had received grooming successful Iran connected utilizing the Fath-360 missile, which has a scope of 120km (75 miles).

Posting connected X, Kanaani said reports connected the alleged transfers were “ugly propaganda” utilized to conceal “large amerciable arms enactment of the United States and immoderate Western countries for the genocide successful Gaza”.

Iran is already 1 of the astir heavy sanctioned countries successful the world, and immoderate experts person questioned the interaction of much economical penalties that mightiness wounded the country’s mediate classes much than its leaders.

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