President of Canadian Tallysman Wireless Giles Panter admitted that the parts produced by the company are used in Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahed-136, with which the Russian army attacks the territory of Ukraine.
“There are suggestions that we are somehow involved in this use. We are absolutely not like that. Tallysman 100% supports Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression,” the company's president said in an interview with The Globe and Mail .
He clarified that the company does not sell its products to Iran or Russia, and its distribution network is prohibited from selling to countries, individuals or legal entities that are the subject of sanctions. In his opinion, these parts were probably diverted to Iran through distributors using "front companies".
Earlier, Ukrainian Statewatch investigative journalists, together with the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission, found components from more than 30 Western companies in Iranian Shahed-136 drones, including antenna parts from Tallysman Wireless.
The day before, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government would "take control" of the company and that the government was "extremely concerned" about Canadian components for Iranian drones.
Russia regularly shells Ukraine with Iranian Shahed-136s, disguising them as its own drones with the domestic name "Geran-2". Ukrainian intelligence claims that Iran supplied its drones to Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine.
