Michel pressured Iranian president over missile deliveries to Russia

President of the European Council Charles Michel met with Iranian President Massoud Peseshkian. The parties raised the issue of Iranian missile supplies to Russia.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Michel's Twitter account and The Wall Street Journal's Lawrence Norman's Twitter account.

According to Michel, he met with Pesekian on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

“Again, he expressed the EU's concerns: arms supplies to Russia, destabilization of the region through intermediaries, detained EU citizens, the nuclear program and the human rights situation,” the official added.

He also emphasized the importance of dialog to avoid escalation.

In turn, the WSJ correspondent, citing sources, notes that during the meeting, Michel told the Iranian leader that relations between the EU and Iran are “at their lowest point.”

At the same time, the head of the European Council put pressure on the Iranian president on human rights issues, regional destabilization, and the supply of Russian missiles and imprisoned European citizens to Iran.

Also, according to the source, Michel expressed readiness to resume nuclear diplomacy with Iran.

Mr. Peseshkian again denied the fact of supplying missiles to Russia, as well as the intention to create nuclear weapons.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 24/09/2024