{"id":19336,"date":"2026-03-14T16:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/19336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:31:12","slug":"iranian-lawmaker-says-ukraines-drone-support-makes-it-a-legitimate-war-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/19336\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian lawmaker says Ukraine&#8217;s drone support makes it a legitimate war target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            14\/03\/2026 &#8211; 15:16 GMT+1\n            <\/p>\n<p>The head of Iran\u2019s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy said that by providing drone support to Israel, Ukraine has \u201ceffectively become involved in the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Ebrahim Azizi wrote in a post on X that the entire country has become a target for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven countries have requested Kyiv\u2019s help in countering Shahed-type drones amid the Iran war and Tehran&#8217;s ongoing attacks against the Gulf states, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said that Kyiv has reviewed in detail all the requests for \u201csecurity support from our side in countering \u201cshahed\u201d drones and other similar challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Ukraine is willing to help, but only those who help Kyiv \u201cprotect the lives of Ukrainians and the independence of Ukraine.\u201d He did not specify which countries would not get Ukraine\u2019s assistance in drone warfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome requests have already been met with concrete decisions and specific support,&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy earlier stated that Kyiv has already deployed interceptor drones and a team of specialists to help protect US military bases in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>As Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion entered its fifth year, Ukraine\u2019s drone interception rate stands at around 80%.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022 Kyiv has developed a complex and multi-layered air defence system against drones, which includes mobile fire groups, often using pickup trucks armed with heavy machine guns, various electronic warfare and Ukraine\u2019s domestically developed interceptors.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukraine\u2019s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, over 70% of all Shahed-type drones targeting the capital and the Kyiv region were shot down by interceptors in February.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been one of Russia\u2019s closest allies since the beginning of Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran first supplied Russia with Shahed-type drones to attack Ukraine and later shared the technology, allowing Moscow to set up production domestically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 14\/03\/2026 &#8211; 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