A Polish state-owned engineering company denied on Friday that its parts were used in Iranian combat drones, saying an ongoing investigation only concerns whether it had the required export permits.
Private broadcaster Radio Zet reported on Thursday, without naming its sources, that WSK Poznan had sold pumps to Iranian motor-maker Motorsazan Company for use in tractors, but the parts ended up in drones that Iran shipped to Russia.
Iran has supplied thousands of Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones to Russia during its invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022. They have been used to exhaust Ukrainian air defences and hit infrastructure far from the front lines.
WSK Poznan, which is owned by the Polish state’s Industrial Development Agency, said the National Prosecutor’s Office and the Internal Security Agency were “conducting an investigation into the export of parts manufactured by the company to Iran”.
Source: Reuters