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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Is Not Planning Iran Drone Curbs on Wednesday

A handout photo taken on November 20, 2022 and released by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) reportedly shows debris fragments from an Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicle collected as evidence on November 16 by a US Navy explosive ordnance disposal team aboard M/T Pacific Zircon tanker vessel. (DVIDS / AFP)

The Biden administration is not planning on Wednesday to unveil export restrictions on Iranian drones that Russia has used to invade Ukraine, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. 

The source was commenting on a Bloomberg report earlier on Wednesday that said the United States could include Iranian drone restrictions in a sanctions announcement expected to coincide with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's surprise trip to Washington. 

The source was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. 

Zelenskiy is set to visit Washington on Wednesday for talks with US President Joe Biden and to address Congress in his first known trip abroad since Russia invaded his country. 

The United States has previously imposed sanctions on companies and people it accused of producing or transferring Iranian drones that Russia has used to attack civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. 

Iran has acknowledged sending drones to Russia but said they were sent before Russia's February invasion. Moscow has denied its forces used Iranian drones in Ukraine. 

Britain, which has also imposed sanctions over Iranian drones, accused Russia on Tuesday of planning to give Iran advanced military components in exchange for hundreds of drones.  

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