Switzerland sanctioned three Iranian individuals and an organization – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, quoted by Switzerland Info, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Switzerland in a statement repeating the claim of the European Union and following the actions of this bloc, claiming Iran’s military aid to Russia and the sale of drones to this country for use in Ukraine, three people and Sanctioned an Iranian institution.
The statement of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Switzerland states that these sanctions have been applied and implemented against “Shahid Aviation Industries” and three senior Iranian military officials.
In another part of this statement, the baseless claims of the United States and the West regarding Iran’s supply of drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war have been repeated. A claim that Tehran and Moscow have strongly denied many times.
Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Seyyed Hojatullah Qureshi in charge of supply and research of the Ministry of Defense and Sardar Saeed Aghajani, are the persons who have been sanctioned by Switzerland.
In the aforementioned statement, it is mentioned that these sanctions include the ban on entering Switzerland, the termination of business cooperation and the blocking of their assets in Switzerland.
Switzerland, which is the guardian of America’s interests in Iran and is not considered a member of the European Union, has agreed to adopt sanctions imposed by this 27-member bloc after the start of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine on February 24 (March 5, 1400).
In response to the baseless accusations and claims of the West, Amir Saeed Irwani, the ambassador and permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York, emphasized that “Iran has continuously supported peace and an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, and despite the bilateral defense cooperation agreement, “He never gave weapons to the warring parties to use in the war in Ukraine, neither before nor after the conflict.”
Hossein Amirabdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of our country, also said about the claims of using Iranian drones in the war in Ukraine: We have defense cooperation with Russia, but our policy towards the war in Ukraine is to respect the territorial integrity of this country, not to send weapons to the conflicting parties, to stop the war. and ending the displacement of people.