They accused the US of waging a “propaganda war”.

Iran has declared that it will not “ask anyone’s permission” to expand relations with Russia.

Thus, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Nasser Kanani, reacted to the statement of the head of the CIA, William Burns, that the military cooperation between Iran and Russia poses a real threat to the US allies in the Middle East, The Times of Israel writes.

Kanani called the comments baseless and said they were part of the US’s “propaganda war against Iran.”

“Tehran acts independently in regulating its foreign relations and does not ask permission from anyone. Cooperation between Iran and Russia in various fields, including defense, is expanding within the framework of common interests… and not against any third country,” he said.

According to the representative of the Foreign Ministry, Iran’s policy is dictated by its national interests.

“US officials continue their baseless political claims and illegal actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, calling into question the conventional means of defense and military cooperation between Iran and Russia,” Kanani added.

Iran sells weapons to the Russian Federation

In the summer, it became known that Russia purchased Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 kamikaze drones from Iran.

For a long time, the Iranian authorities did not admit that they had sold their UAVs to Russia. They even offered Ukraine to conduct a joint investigation.

In early November, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian admitted that his country had delivered kamikaze drones to Russia. According to him, this happened a few months before the start of a full-scale war.

CNN reported that the Iranian authorities are preparing to send about a thousand additional weapons to Russia.

Later, the US Treasury imposed sanctions against companies for the production and supply of drones from Iran to Russia.