The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it rejects accusations, which it deems to have "political objectives" , of selling weapons to the parties in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, IRNA has reported, quoting spokesperson Nasser Kanaani at a weekly press conference.

In an address on October 10 after Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities were hit with missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that "dozens of missiles, Iranian 'Shaheds'," were provided to Russia by Iran.