Zelensky addresses people of Iran: You should not side with evil

Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a video address released on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports.

"Today, given that such strikes are ongoing, I would like to appeal to the people of Iran directly. To everyone - to society, to Iranian ulama, to every Iranian family, to those people who are able to influence government decisions in Iran. A simple question: why do you want to be accomplices in Russian terror? Why are you on the side of the evil state? The world sees what is happening, and you all in Iran see it. Support for evil cannot be denied," said Zelensky.

The president noted that, despite the fact that Ukrainian defenders shoot down most of the Shaheds launched by Russia, some of them reach their targets – civilian homes, schools, hospitals, houses of prayer, churches, power stations, markets, even humanitarian aid distribution points and bus stops.

"When an Iranian drone kills a pregnant Ukrainian girl and her husband in their home, why do you, mothers and fathers in Iran, need this? When your Shahed hits a dormitory with our students, people die, a fire starts, rescuers arrive, and in a few minutes a second Shahed hits, taking the lives of those who were saving the lives of others... Why does Iran need such cynical murders? Committed by Russia's hands, yet with your weapons. What do you, the people in Tehran, or in Shiraz, or in Saqqez, or in any other city in your country, get from this? Unfortunately, even greater isolation from the world, even greater problems," said president of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized the fact that Russia had unleashed a war on Ukraine for the sake of enslaving the nation. Also, he noted that the people of Iran could live completely differently if they were not put on one side with such an evil as Russian aggression.