DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s overseas ministry summoned the heads of the British, French, German and Dutch embassies on Thursday, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan information company reported, following accusations of missile transfers to Russia and the imposition of recent sanctions.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Tuesday that Russia had obtained ballistic missiles from Iran and would doubtless use them in its warfare in Ukraine inside weeks.
The U.S., Britain, Germany and France additionally introduced new sanctions on Iran, together with measures in opposition to its nationwide airline Iran Air.
The Kremlin mentioned after Blinken’s assertion that the assertions have been baseless. Iran mentioned the statements on missile transfers to Russia have been “false and misleading” and condemned the brand new sanctions, which additionally embody the cancellation of bilateral air companies agreements by the three European states.
“Following the continuation of non-constructive statements by some European parties aligned with the United States falsely claiming [Iranian] interference in the Ukraine conflict and imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic, the embassy heads of Britain, France, the Netherlands and Germany have been summoned in Tehran,” Mizan mentioned.
Iran’s most senior diplomat in London was summoned by Britain’s overseas ministry on Wednesday. Iran’s ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned by the Dutch overseas ministry which referred to as for “new, robust EU sanctions” in opposition to Tehran.