View image in fullscreen The Iranian embassy in Kyiv. Oleksii Reznikov, a former defence minister of Ukraine, said: “When DC started this war, Putin smiled in the Kremlin. Analysts have said that a continued slowing of the economy this year could potentially force Putin to reconsider some of his war aims. Iranian embassies around the globe, just as in Kyiv, opened condolences books in memory of Khamenei. Olexander Scherba, Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa, decided to make public his response to the local Iranian embassy after receiving an invite to sign.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2026 10:01 UTC