
Go to the media bankRussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova during a briefing. Archival photoMOSCOW, Oct 17 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the statements of the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell about possible sanctions against Iran, in case of proof of the supply of weapons by Iran to the Russian Federation. On Sunday about the allegedly planned supply of Russia Iran's ballistic missiles of its own production, the Washington Post reported. According to US intelligence cited by journalists, this is a batch of Fatah-110 and Zolfgar short-range missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of 300 and 700 kilometers. The publication claims that Iran is also preparing the supply of «additional» unmanned aerial vehicles to Russia. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday denied the newly appeared information from the American media about the supply of Iranian weapons to the Russian side for its use in hostilities in Ukraine. Has Josep already figured out the Nord Stream? Apparently, after Washington's statements about the US interest in stopping gas supplies through these pipelines to Europe, the desire to conduct an investigation at the top of the EU has completely disappeared. They decided to abruptly switch to Iran,» the diplomat wrote in her Telegram channel.
Zakharova accused the West of «political attribution»

