Iran-Ukraine Relations

Ukraine has reportedly expelled Iranian students who had enrolled in the country’s universities prior to the outbreak of the Russian war, citing Tehran’s sales of drones to Moscow during the latter’s military campaign against its western neighbor.

The Iranian foreign minister has reaffirmed Tehran’s opposition to the war in Ukraine.

The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, has rejected the US national security advisor’s claim that Iran is sending drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone talk with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday, said Tehran is ready for contributing to a diplomatic and peaceful initiative to resolve the ongoing crisis between Moscow and Kiev.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree on the dismissal of Kyiv's ambassadors to Iran, Portugal, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Georgia, and Slovakia.

An informed source at the Iranian foreign ministry has rejected a report by Radio Farda on a trade deal between Iran and Ukraine’s Donestk region.

Iran’s Ambassador to Ukraine Manouchehr Moradi has announced the Iranian Embassy is Kiev resumed its activity on April 7, 2022.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Iran Sergei Burdiliak has reportedly said the Iranian government has offered zero aid to Ukraine despite a Russian war on his country.

Iran has decided to relocate its embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to Moldova’s capital Chișinău.

Iran’s foreign minister has told his Ukrainian counterpart that the Islamic Republic favors peaceful solution to disputes through diplomatic talks.

A spokesman for Iran’s Aviation Organization says 240 more Iranians return to the country from Poland where they had been staying temporarily after leaving Ukraine.

The small number of Iranian citizens remaining in Kiev are settled down in safe places, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh stated Saturday night.

Iran’s ambassador to Kiev says arrangements have been made through the good offices of Tehran to facilitate the return home of Iranian nationals residing in Ukraine.

The head of Iran’s Aviation Organization has said the country is ready to send a passenger plane to Poland to return Iranian nationals from Ukraine. Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh said officials are awaiting a permit to do so.

The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ukraine has called on all Iranians residing in the country including all students there to use “any means possible” to leave the country.

A young Ukrainian woman has recently converted from Christianity to Islam in southwestern Iran, after developing an interest in the holy religion and its dress code.

As tensions grow over purported Russia’s plan to invade Ukraine, Iran’s Embassy in Kiev has urged Iranian nationals in Ukraine to be prepared for a possible emergency situation.

Iran has offered sympathy to the families who have lost their loved ones in the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in early 2020, outlining the measures Tehran has taken so far to provide justice to the victims.

President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran has ordered relevant authorities to speed up the payment of compensation to the families of those who lost their lives in the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in early 2020 near Tehran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement regarding measures the Islamic Republic has taken to appease the families of people who died in the Ukrainian plane crash over Tehran in early 2020.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has expounded on the country’s viewpoints and activities regarding the 2020 Ukrainian plane crash at a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has categorically rejected remarks by the secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine who, in an interview with Canadian media, claimed the 2020 Ukrainian plane crash in Iran was a deliberate act.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has criticised the "unconstructive" remarks made by the Ukrainian foreign minister and his deputy regarding the tragic crash of the Ukrainian flight in Tehran.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has highlighted Tehran’s efforts to protect the rights of families of victims of a Ukrainian plane that crashed near Tehran in January, saying there is nothing to hide about details of the accident.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has taken a swipe at the “impolite” foreign minister of Canada for his "ill-advised" remarks about Iran while Tehran and Kiev are engaged in talks about the January crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane.