The deal was disclosed by two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats who spoke to Reuters
The Iran has promised to supply Russia with surface-to-surface missiles, in addition to even more drones, they told Reuters two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats.
It is a move that is likely to anger the United States and other Western powers, Reuters notes.
An agreement was reached on October 6 when Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mohbar, two senior officials from the Guards of the Revolution of Iran and an official of the Supreme National Security Council visited Moscow for talks with Russia on the arms delivery.
“The Russians had asked for more drones and Iranian ballistic missiles with improved accuracy, particularly the Fateh and Zolfaghar missile types,” said one of the Iranian diplomats, who was briefed on the trip.
A Western official briefed on the matter confirmed this, saying there is an agreement between Iran and Russia to supply short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, including the Zolfaghar.
Iran has repeatedly denied any sale of drones or missiles to Russia, but at the same time claims it has every right to sell weapons abroad, given that restrictions on arms sales contained in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal expire in 2020. US , France and the UK say the missile sales violate the nuclear deal.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday he had advised his nation to cut all diplomatic ties with Iran, saying Ukraine would not tolerate Iran’s “evil and lies” on the issue.
The White House, for its part, directly accused Iran of lying about the drone sales, but was more circumspect about the missile sales. Western officials say hundreds of drones have been delivered and briefly used to destroy Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure.
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