Iran's VP denies supporting Russia in Ukraine war | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

One of Russia's few remaining allies is Iran, though VP Mohammad Javad Zarif takes pains to downplay his country's support for Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine.

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer sits down with Iran’s Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif to get his perspective on the regional conflict. Zarif adamantly condemns Russia’s incursion into Ukrainian territory. He says, “Russia is to blame for the invasion of Ukraine,” but insists “the United States is responsible for what led to that invasion,” referring to US aid to Ukraine.

Zarif emphasizes the importance of Iran’s trade relationship with Russia. When Bremmer presses him about Iran’s complicity in the war, Zarif denies involvement. He says, "We simply engage in business.” As the Russia-Ukraine war continues to drag on, Iran’s actions will come under increased scrutiny.

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[fingerprint]

Listen, the whole west is supporting Ukraine why on earth other nations cannot support their ally Russia?
Please clarify.
Thanks

[shukurukanyefu]

That’s why we not supposed to condemn Israel 🇮🇱 to

[jasminel]

Interviewing these hypocrites is pointless, it only provided a platform for them to spread lies.

[kenwarner]

Who does he think he's fooling with these god-awful justifications.

[chris__]

No one thinks this war is good but all is shipping weapons lol

[JT-qbzj]

What about Iraq?
Come on, only double standard!

[netsiteing]

just because he denies doesn’t mean that isn’t exactly what the Iranian regime is doing … in fact they are

[nickzardiashvili]

Any time someone tells you the US should simply promise not to expand NATO, simply ask yourself this: Does anyone care what Ukraine wants? Could it be that Ukraine's will could be relevant on the fate of its own country? Anytime someone positions Ukraine or the Baltics or Georgia or any of those countries as nothing more than playing chips for the US and Russia, shift the conversation to the countries themselves. And what Ukraine wants is guarantees of safety from Russia and the only plausible way of achieving that seems to be being a member of NATO.

[jonfettig]

If Iran and Russia let
The people choose their leaders. Support for wars would be much less.

[SOL_RUMI]

Humiliation
Is feeling of shame 
Mr Mohammad Javad Zarif has it.
Guity they've been involved with this kind of massacre :

[abdulaikbarrie]

Why are you blaming Russia?
Why can't you blaming America for expanding NATO?

[fuzzyspackage]

Maybe your stopping short in the Russo-level cope,
NATO nato nato #yawn
Ask yourself if Russia didn’t bully its neighbours would there be a need for nato at all?

[philipzaccheus]

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[josephlandry]

I sure do hope Zarif understands that I’m just engaging in economic relations with his mother.

[Chorn]

NATO needs to promise not to expand - It's simply hypocritical to not see the two sides of the conflict, and that Russia is backed into a corner and forced to action. Why would Ukraine not embrace being the fence between the two, and all they can stand to gain from doing so, and brokering peace? Iran probably disagrees with the invasion but can't trade with anyone else, and can't afford to pass on the opportunity to do so.. so really, Ukraine's desire to Westernize is not at fault, but to join NATO is impossible. If anyone has played CIV, they'd know a cultural invasion when they saw one..

[bigmedge]

Zarif is truly the final boss of silver tongued snakes . He’s basically the diamond tongued snake . If you need a guy to convince the feeble minded that 2+2 =5, then he’s your guy

[jumpingjack]

What a nice friendly banter, I love it. Of course Zarif is completely full of it. I think what he's saying is that if you provide weapons for free, then you're "giving weapons to kill innocent people", but if you charge money for them, then you're "just doing business". I guess he makes a useful point: any criminal or accomplice should try to charge for their actions, so they can then say "I didn't do it for the crime, I did it for the money", and as it's well established in the legal system, nothing is a crime if you do it for money 🤣 But anyhow, I love the friendly banter, we could use more of that.

[mskumar.]

Why iraan supplies ammunition to Hamas, hezbollha, yemen,syria, Lebanon...comaan

[parannoy]

Nice job, Ian, for turning this part into a geopolitical Curb Your Enthusiasm! :D

[alessandrorigobello]

never saw an islamic politician lie in all my life...😂😂😂