Russia And Iran In Fully Fledged Defence Partnership – US

Russia and Iran’s relationship has warmed to a fully-fledged defense partnership, the US has said.

Eko Hot Blog reports that US national security council spokesman John Kirby said Russia is giving an unprecedented level of military support.

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The US has seen reports that the two countries are considering joint production of lethal drones, he added.

Cooperation between Russia and Iran has been highlighted recently, with Ukraine accusing Russia of using Iranian drones in its attacks.

Iran initially denied sending any drones to Russia, but later admitted it had supplied some before the invasion of Ukraine.

Mr. Kirby said that a partnership between Iran and Russia to produce drones would be harmful to Ukraine, Iran’s neighbors, and the international community.

“Russia is seeking to collaborate with Iran in areas like weapons development, training,” he said, adding that the US fears that Russia intended to “provide Iran with advanced military components” including helicopters and air defense systems.

“Iran has become Russia’s top military backer…” he said. “Russia’s been using Iranian drones to strike energy infrastructure, depriving millions of Ukrainians of power, heat, and critical services. People in Ukraine today are dying as a result of Iran’s actions.”

In response to Mr. Kirby’s comments, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that Iran had become one of Russia’s main military supporters and that the relationship between them was threatening global security.

The “sordid deals” between the two countries have seen Iran send hundreds of drones to Russia, he said.

“In return, Russia is offering military and technical support to the Iranian regime, which will increase the risk it poses to our partners in the Middle East and international security,” he added.

He said the UK agreed with the US that Iranian support for the Russian military would grow in the coming months as Russia tries to get hold of more weapons, including hundreds of ballistic missiles.

Ukraine accused Iran of supplying Russia with “kamikaze” drones used in a series of attacks that killed at least eight people on 17 October.

Iran initially denied this, but later admitted sending a “limited number” of drones to Russia, “many months” before the war in Ukraine.

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said this was a lie and that Ukraine was shot down about 10 Iranian drones a day.

Source: BBC 

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