The White House on Thursday (Oct. 20) said Iranian military personnel were in the Crimean area. It is helping Russia to use Tehran’s drones to target targets in Ukraine and thus US efforts. Negotiations for the return of the Iran nuclear deal have been temporarily suspended.
John Kirby, White House national security spokesman told reporters that Iranian military personnel operating remotely from Crimea led Iranian drones to attack targets in Ukraine, including Kiev. in recent days
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
“We estimate that Iranian military personnel are on the ground in Crimea and are assisting Russia in these operations,” Kirby said, adding that there appeared to be a relatively small number of Iranians involved in the operation.
Tehran has yet to comment on the US allegations. as well as the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. That still hasn’t answered questions that even reporters have asked for their views.
This White House version has sparked a new round of tensions between the US and Iran after President Joe Biden recently condemned the Iranian government for cracking down on street protesters. It follows a woman who died during her arrest in Tehran in September.
Kiev indicates that the US point of view Right now there is no need to continue negotiations with Tehran. In an attempt to bring Iran back to Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with the six powers
Biden wants to return to an agreement to allow international observation of Iran’s nuclear program. In exchange for lifting sanctions against Tehran, former US President Donald Trump withdrew the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) from the agreement in 2018.
“We are very far from Iran. In terms of return on the deal, then we simply aren’t focusing on that at the moment. They have outrageous demands beyond the JCPOA and we’re not focusing on diplomacy right now, “she said.
change of attitude It came less than two months later, US officials. He recently reported that some progress has been made in efforts to revive the deal.
Kirby said that this time the United States There are fears that Russia may find a way to buy state-of-the-art conventional weapons from Iran. as a surface-to-surface missile used to attack Ukraine.
He also said that the United States Every effort is made to unmask. Defend yourself and take revenge against Iran supplying ammunition to Russia In it, even impose additional sanctions. “Iran and Russia can lie to the whole world. But obviously they can’t hide the facts. And the fact of this issue is Tehran is now directly involved on the ground.”
On the battlefield, Ukrainian soldiers continued to advance towards the southern city of Kherson, the only capital in the region under Russian occupation.
An administration appointed by Russia on Wednesday (Oct.19) advised civilians to evacuate the city. which is an important strategic city that gave Russia a land route On the way to Crimea They annexed the territory in 2014 and are home to the mouth of the Dmipro River.
(Source: Reuters)
