News from Al-Madinah: In interviews with the Washington Post that were published on Sunday, US security sources claimed that Iran is getting ready to “secretly” boost its shipments of heavy weapons to Russia.
Iran plans to send combat drones and surface-to-surface missiles to Moscow for the first time, according to the officials who declined to provide their names to the newspaper.
The newspaper made the point that these shipments will help make up for Russian military stocks, which, according to Western intelligence, have been rapidly declining lately.
According to the newspaper, Iran is attempting to strengthen its commitment to provide weapons to the Russian attack on Ukraine, according to US security officials, who also claim that Iran secretly agreed to send the first land-to-surface-to-surface missiles made in Iran in addition to offensive drones.
The Biden administration officials claim that Russia has suffered significant losses in military hardware since its invasion of Moscow in February. The increasing flow of weapons from Tehran can help make up for this, as can the rapid expansion of the supply of precisely targeted munitions like those used last week against Ukraine.
Independent news outlets have recently published images of the wreckage of drones that seemed to have been produced in Iran and used in attacks against targets in Ukraine, raising concerns about Iran’s repeated denials that it had given its partner Russia such weapons.
Officials from the Pentagon have openly acknowledged both the use of Iranian drones in Russian airstrikes and the success of Ukraine in shooting down some drones.
Tehran sent representatives to Russia on September 18 to finalise the details of additional arms shipments, including two types of Iranian surface-to-surface missiles, according to US sources. This move was seen as a clear indicator of Iran’s increasing position as a military resource for Moscow.
According to a recent intelligence assessment provided with Ukrainian and American officials, the Iranian weapons industry is preparing for a first launch of the 110 and Zolfaghar missiles, two well-known Iranian Baltian missiles with ranges of 300 and 700 kilometres, respectively.
based on two officials with knowledge of the situation. This will be the first transfer of such missiles to Russia since the start of the war, if the agreement is put into effect.
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According to US authorities, Moscow will receive more heavy weaponry from Iran.
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