According to six Portal sources, the will has provided a large amount surfacetosurface ballistic missiles to Russia. This military cooperation between the two countries against which the US is imposing sanctions has been deepening since the beginning of January this year.
Delivery of the missiles began after an agreement was reached at meetings in the year Tehran and Moscow Clashes broke out between Iranian and Russian military and security officials late last year, an Iranian source revealed.
Delivery of new rockets
According to them, at least four deliveries have already been made and more are expected in the coming weeks. Further details of these transactions were not disclosed for security reasons.
A second Iranian official, who did not want to be named, said further deliveries were planned and there was no intention to hide this cooperation. According to this agency, Iran has the ability to export weapons to any country of its choice.
So far, both Iran's Defense Ministry and the Revolutionary Guard, which is responsible for the country's ballistic missile program, have declined to comment on the matter. O Russian Ministry of Defense also did not respond to requests for comment.
Restrictions on the shipment of weapons
Although some limitations of the UN Security Council While Iran's exports of missiles, drones and other technology expired in October, both the United States and the European Union are maintaining sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile program.
These sanctions aim to prevent arms exports to allied groups in the Middle East and Russia, while taking into account regional security concerns.
Few bullets in Putin's needle
A Russia is having difficulty meeting its domestic ammunition needs in the war against Ukraine, according to Western authorities. Still the president Wladimir Putin did not give up his ambitions to subjugate the neighboring country.
The sanctions imposed on Russia are affecting the country's military industry, making it difficult for it to produce new systems and repair old ones. The lack of access to Western components is cited as one of the main reasons for this situation.
This information was released by Western authorities analyzing the situation of the conflict, which is now in its third year. Russia is making progress and taking control of the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, while Ukraine is also reportedly running out of ammunition.