TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign 
Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh on Friday termed claims made in a joint statement of the foreign and defense secretaries the UK and Australia about the Islamic Republic as “baseless, unrealistic and irrelevant”, urging both countries to review their policies that are contrary to the standards of international law and norms.
Recalling the continuous support of the UK and Australia against the illegal actions, crimes and aggressions of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine and West Asia, Baghaei condemned their biased stance towards Iran’s defense operations following the aggression of the Israeli regime against the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
“Iran’s defense operations in the form of ‘True Promise 1 and 2’ are completely in accordance with the principle of legitimate defense according to international law and the United Nations Charter,” he added.
Rejecting the repeated claims that Iran sent ballistic missiles to Russia, he described the repetition of such accusations in line with the plot by the U.S. and the UK for further globalize the Ukrainian conflict.
Baghaei noted that even the president of Ukraine has denied the claims that Iran has sent ballistic missiles to Russia.