English transcript

We went through, you know, such, we went through difficult relations with Iran, a dialogue

with Iran, with Iranian officials.

We went through difficult times, and we were only losing things.

We didn't do anything to them.

They shot down our plane, killed our passengers, the crew of their plane.

People died.

They did not admit it.

They did not let the experts in.

Then a full-scale war started.

They handed over the Shahed drones to the Russians and were killing our civilians.

I wanted to stop all that.

I asked them.

They promised that there would be no more than one batch of drones, and they carried

on lying and giving weapons.

That's why I think of them as accomplices of Russia.