KIEV (Dispatches) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a draft decree to the parliament, proposing to impose “sectoral special economic and other restrictive measures on the Islamic Republic of Iran for 50 years”.
If the bill is passed by the lawmakers, commercial activities with Iran will be completely banned, and the transit of resources, flights and transportation on the territory of Ukraine will be stopped.
Ukraine and Western countries have accused Iran of providing Russia with military drones for use in the war. Both Iran and Russia have repeatedly denied claims that Tehran has provided Moscow with UAVs to be used in the Ukraine war.
Last week, Tehran said it was ready for talks with Kiev to clarify “baseless” claims that Iran was providing Russia with weapons and drones to be used in the war against Ukraine.
Calling the claims “baseless” and “based on false information,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani expressed “Iran’s readiness for negotiation and discussion with Ukraine to resolve these accusations,” a statement said.
“Claims made regarding the Islamic Republic sending weapons including military drones to be used in the Ukraine war” are “untrue,” the ministry statement added.
Last Tuesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had suggested to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy that Kiev cut diplomatic ties with Iran.
Kuleba also said his country plans to submit a formal request to the occupying regime of Israel asking for immediate air defense assistance.
Iran’s foreign ministry said that allegations of providing weapons to Russia were “part of the political and purposeful creation of atmosphere by the media organizations of some countries” against Tehran.
“The repetition of false claims by the Ukrainian president against the Islamic Republic is in line with the propaganda and media war of the anti-Iranian axis against Iran’s government and people with the aim of securing as much arms and financial aid as possible from Western countries,” Kanaani said.