GENEVA, January 17. /TASS/. Iran has never provided Russia with either drones or missiles for their subsequent use in Ukraine, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossien Amir Abdollahian said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

"We have never sent any drones or any missiles to Russia for their use against Ukraine," the minister said.

"The Ukrainians’ claims that Iranian drones are being used against them generate a lot of hoopla. However, they have presented us neither any evidence nor any document [to justify these claims]," Abdollahian added.

The Iranian top diplomat pointed out that "Iran has strong relations and ties with Russia," which has also repeatedly assured Iranian partners that "it has never used any Iranian weapons in Ukraine."

Moscow and Tehran have repeatedly rejected allegations of Russia’s use of Iranian drones in Ukraine. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov deemed such reports to be fake news and assured that the Russian Army used Russian-made drones. In November 2022, Abdollahian said that the Islamic Republic had sent drones to Russia but that a small number of them had been shipped several months prior to the special military operation in Ukraine.