The United States imposed sanctions against Iranians allegedly associated with "deliveries of drones to Russia"

“The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury has imposed restrictions on six executives and members of the board of directors of the US-sanctioned company Qods Aviation Industries, which is a key Iranian defense manufacturer responsible for the development and production of drones,” the press said. US Treasury release.

According to the agency, Tehran allegedly “transferred these drones to Russia” for their use during a special military operation in Ukraine.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with RIA Novosti, said that Western statements about alleged deliveries of drones by Iran to Russia remain unproven, no one has brought or tried to prove the facts.

Iranian Defense Minister Reza Ashtiani said earlier that representatives of Kyiv at a meeting of experts did not provide Tehran with documents that would confirm the use of Iranian drones by Russia.