Tehran accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of promoting anti-Iran propaganda when he demanded that it stop supplying Russia with drones, saying his comments were aimed at getting more weapons and financial aid from Western countries.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said that the Ukrainian president's statements on Iran are attempts to mislead public opinion and political play accompanied by false and worthless allegations, as he put it.
Zelensky's repetition of his allegations against Iran is an attempt to participate in the media war against Iran and the Iranian people, and to attract more military aid from Western countries, he said.
Kanaani reiterated Iran's opposition to the war between Ukraine and Russia, stressing the need to find political solutions to end it as soon as possible.
A message to the Iranian people
Zelensky had sent a message to the Iranian people in which he accused the Iranian government of providing Russia with drones and participating in the war against his country, asking Tehran to stand on the right side of history, as he put it.
Ukraine's president called on Iran to stop sliding into the "dark side of history" by supplying drones to Moscow.
Iran initially denied supplying Russia with Shahed drones, but later said it supplied a limited number of them before the start of the Ukrainian conflict, while Ukraine says drones play a key role in Russia's attacks on cities and infrastructure.