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 possible use them in its battle in Ukraine inside weeks.
The U.S., Britain, Germany and France additionally introduced new sanctions on Iran, together with measures towards 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 deceptive” and condemned the brand new sanctions, which additionally embody the cancellation of bilateral air providers agreements by the three European states.
“Following the continuation of non-constructive statements by some European events aligned with the US falsely claiming [Iranian] interference within the Ukraine battle 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, strong EU sanctions” towards Tehran.