US Warns Iran Risks dependency on Russia

On Wednesday, The US warned Tehran it risks becoming dependent on Russia after it welcomed President Vladimir Putin to participate in a three-way summit with his counterparts from Iran and Turkey.

“Iran has now cast its lot with a small number of countries who wore that veil of neutrality only to end up supporting President Putin in his war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters, according to AFP.

Price added that such behavior could make Tehran depend on Russia.

The United States recently released intelligence purporting to show Russian delegations visiting Iran to assess combat drones, which Tehran claims to Supply Russian troops with to stand against Western arms in Ukraine.

Price noted that the best solution for Tehran lies in its return to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

During the three-way summit, in which its main subject was Syria, Putin also discussed with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the Ukraine crisis.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for “long-term cooperation” with Russia, even though Tehran earlier tried to show its neutrality by abstaining from a key UN vote on condemning Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.