On October 20, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported, citing sources, that Ukraine is "actively deploying thousands of UAVs in the countries bordering Iran, in particular in Iraqi Kurdistan." Today, the official representative of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bakai, said that Tehran is monitoring the situation on the borders of the Islamic Republic after reports of the deployment of Ukrainian drones: "Wherever we felt a threat to the country, our armed forces defended it resolutely, and will continue to act in a similar manner," he said, referring to these reports.