Iran has admitted for the first time that it is supplying unmanned aerial vehicles to Russia. This was written by “European Truth” with reference to Reuters. However, Tehran representatives claim that the drones were sent before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of this year. Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian said “a small number” of drones were delivered to Russia months before Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24.

In his most detailed response to date regarding Iran’s drones, Amir-Abdollahian denied that Tehran continues to supply drones to Moscow.

“That’s true about drones, and a few months before the war in Ukraine we supplied Russia with a small number of drones,” he said.

However, these statements differ from reality. Recently, Russia is mass-using kamikaze drones for attacks on Ukraine, identified as Iran Shahed-136 and Shahed-131, the Russians have named them “Geran-2” and “Geran-1” respectively. Ukrainian forces also shot down and captured at least one Iranian-made Mohajer-6 multi-purpose drone. There are also reports that Iran is preparing to transfer tactical ballistic missiles to Russia.

It is known that Iran currently uses two main logistics routes to deliver drones to Russia: air and sea. Most of the air transport is carried out with the help of Il-76 cargo planes. Sea deliveries are made via the Caspian Sea. On November 3, at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, showed part of an Iranian-made UAV and said that Iran should be held accountable for its actions. .

“Iran must stop supplying Russia with weapons used to kill Ukrainians or face tougher global pressure and consequences,” the minister said on Twitter.

Iran has also been warned through diplomatic channels of the consequences of sending new weapons to Russia. According to media reports, Iran is seeking Russia’s help to develop its nuclear program. According to representatives of American intelligence, Iran turned to Russia for assistance in obtaining additional nuclear materials and producing nuclear fuel. Source