Iran says ready for talks with Ukraine over claims of drone supplies to Russia

Iran's foreign minister speaking to his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday expressed his country's readiness to hold bilateral talks on claims that Tehran is supplying Russia with drones to be used in the Ukraine war.

Dismissing the claims as "baseless," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Dmytro Kuleba over phone that Iran is ready to hold "technical meetings" with the participation of military experts from the two sides without any intermediaries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Tensions are running high between the two countries amid claims made by Ukrainian and American officials about Iran supplying drones to Russia.