Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- Iran supplied armed drones to Ethiopia which were unleashed by the Ethiopian military in the ongoing war in the northern Tigray region, the US State Department said on Tuesday.

According to Vedant Patel, the Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, Iran delivered Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ethiopia in the summer of 2021.

"We have informed the UN about Iran's transfer of the Mohajer-6 UAVs to Ethiopia last summer" Patel said.

In addition to Ethiopia, Iran has also sent drones to Moscow for use in Russia's war with Ukraine.

Iran's supply of the military drones to the two countries is in violation of a standing UN Security Council Resolution, said Patel.

According to several rep...