Iran says patience running thin with Zelenskyy's accusations over Ukraine war

Iran and Ukraine appeared to be entering a new phase in their war of words, triggered by evidence of Tehran's shipment of deadly combat drones to Moscow. 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receives from US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) a US national flag.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receives from US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) a US national flag during his address to the US Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Dec. 21, 2022. Zelenskyy is in Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden and address Congress, his first trip abroad since Russia invaded in February. - MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
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TEHRAN — Iran told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that its "strategic patience" was thinning with his accusations about Tehran's delivery of drones to the Russian military.  

"Iran's patience will not be limitless," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani in a statement published by the government-run IRNA news agency on Thursday.  

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