US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has revealed that Iran has delivered ballistic missiles to Russia, which he expects Russian forces to use against Ukraine within weeks.

However, the question posed by many analysts is what Iran seeks to gain from Tehran’s dependence on Moscow first with drones and now with ballistic missiles.

Possibly, they explain, a major concern of Tehran may be that Russia will lose the war with Ukraine, thereby allowing the United States and its Western allies to focus on Iran.

At the same time, this stance is in line with the way Iran has so far confronted its adversaries through proxies rather than directly attacking them.

At the same time, in one last development, according to the agency Bloombergthe US and Britain are increasingly concerned that Russia is sharing secret information and technology with Iran that could bring it closer to being able to build nuclear weapons, in exchange for Tehran providing Moscow with ballistic missiles for its war in Ukraine .

The Kremlin has increased its cooperation with Iran in recent months by helping it acquire atomic weapons, according to Western officials familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The development was discussed by US and British officials in Washington this week, the same sources added, when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Both leaders described the development as worrying and a strengthening of Russian-Iranian military ties.

The Biden administration remains deeply concerned about Iran’s nuclear activities, according to a White House National Security Council spokesman. Biden has made it clear that the US is prepared to use all means to prevent any nuclear escalation by Iran, the spokesman said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the Embassy of Iran in International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna did not respond to requests for comment.

The G7 foreign ministers condemned “Iran’s exports and Russia’s supply of Iranian ballistic missiles” in a joint statement on Saturday, calling it a further escalation of Iranian military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and demanding it be stopped immediately.

The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reported during a recent visit to London that Russia was exchanging nuclear technology with Tehran, saying Moscow had received a shipment of Iran’s Fath-360 ballistic missiles.

“For its part, Russia is sharing the technology that Iran is looking for including nuclear, as well as some space intelligence,” Blinken said.

Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy agreed during talks in London that “Iran’s nuclear program has never been more advanced,” the State Department said in a joint statement on Saturday.

Iran insists it is not seeking to produce nuclear weapons, although there is concern it could build one in response to escalating tensions with Israel.

In April, a senior Iranian general said that the Islamic Republic could revise its nuclear doctrine if Israel targeted its nuclear facilities, remarks seen as a warning that it could seek to produce a warhead.

The IAEA, the United Nations watchdog, said Iran’s nuclear fuel levels rose between June and August, enough to fuel the production of some warheads.

At a conference in London last weekend, US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said Russia and Iran were deepening their military ties.