MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. Any EU investigations into alleged Iranian drone deliveries to Russia are unworthy of attention and are unlikely to lead to any results, Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the Russian Delegation to the negotiations on military security and arms control in Vienna, said during a Rossiya-24 TV broadcast on Tuesday.
"They can, of course, also investigate the extermination of mice in the Far North, because they can take any topic and bring any case against any company and so on, but that does not mean that it is really worthy of attention. They can do it, but it is unlikely to lead to any result, either against Iran or against us," he said, answering a corresponding question. Gavrilov noted that Europeans were trying to impose their point of view on all countries, but were failing to do so.
Earlier, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the EU was collecting evidence of Russia's use of Iranian drones in Ukraine and would react if it was proven.
In August, the Washington Post published an article alleging that Iran was supplying drones to Russia. Subsequently, similar statements were made by US administration officials. Peskov then slammed such claims as fake news.
In late September, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Tehran did not support any of the parties to the conflict in Ukraine and was against the supply of foreign weapons to both Kiev and Moscow.