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Zelensky Meets Exiled Iranian Crown Prince at Munich, Urges Tougher Sanctions on Tehran

Kyiv spotlights Iran's drone support for Russia to rally pressure at the security forum.

Overview

  • The Feb. 13 meeting with Reza Pahlavi at the Munich Security Conference was confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelensky and his office.
  • Both condemned Iran–Russia military cooperation, citing Shahed drones supplied to Moscow and reported production licensing that Kyiv says broadens the threat to the region.
  • Zelensky said they discussed ways to support Iranians along with the need to tighten penalties on the Iranian regime and other dictatorships.
  • Pahlavi thanked Ukraine for designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, according to the Ukrainian presidency.
  • A rival exile group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, held a small protest outside the venue, highlighting divisions within the Iranian opposition.