He stressed that Russia is one of the countries with which Iran maintains high-level relations.
“Nevertheless, we have achieved self-sufficiency in defensive weapons.
If it becomes necessary to purchase it, we will do it, but at the moment we do not need other weapons, ”TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the publications of Western media about the possible construction of a Russian-Iranian plant for the production of drones in Russia.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said that reports of an alleged joint construction of a drone factory by Iran and Russia are not true.