Biden Administration Condemned Russia moves to provide Iran with advanced military aidas part of deepening cooperation between the two countries as Tehran, including air defense systems, helicopters and fighter jets. provide drone Support Vladimir Putin Invasion of Ukraine.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Friday, citing a U.S. intelligence assessment of the allegations, said Russia had warned Iran to “turn the two countries’ relationship into a full-fledged defense partnership in an unprecedented manner.” level of military and technical assistance.”
Russia and Iran are considering setting up a drone assembly line in Russia in preparation for a conflict in Ukraine, Kirby said, with Russia training Iranian pilots in Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and Iran The aircraft could be delivered by the end of the year.
“These fighter jets will greatly strengthen Iran’s air force compared to its regional neighbors,” Kirby said.
The U.S. allegation is part of a deliberate effort by the U.S. to promote Russia’s global isolation, in this case seeking to contain Iran’s regional malice, and to bolster Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. It targets Arab countries that have not taken a strong stance.
Because Russian military resources are taxed by the Ukrainian aggression and sanctions Western powers are supplying Ukraine with military equipment for war, driving up Putin’s costs. This is reminiscent of the resource depletion that occurred during the “Star Wars” race between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Moscow has run out of military resources.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration accused Saudi Arabia of siding with Russia in the conflict. shepherd’s cut Oil price hikes by the OPEC+ cartels are essential to fund Moscow’s war. Saudi Arabia and Iran are at odds in a years-long proxy war in Yemen.
Kirby said the arms transfer violates UN Security Council resolutions and that the United States “uses the tools at its disposal to expose and disrupt these activities.”
The Biden administration has repeatedly accused Iran of aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, raising concerns about a “deepening and burgeoning defense partnership” between Russia and Iran.
The administration says Iran sold hundreds of attack drones to Russia over the summer. Kirby reiterated the administration’s belief on Friday that Iran was considering selling hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia, but the United States said the deal “has not been completed.” I don’t fully understand it,” he admitted.
Britain’s UN ambassador to the United Nations, Barbara Woodward, told the UN Security Council on Friday that Russia would be forced to cut weapons, including military drones, that are being used to kill civilians, as it faces severe sanctions. He said he wanted Iran. Woodward called for a United Nations investigation, alleging that the two countries were violating international law with their illicit partnership.
Woodward accused Russia of seeking to acquire more weapons from Iran, including hundreds of ballistic missiles, in exchange for an “unprecedented level of military and technical assistance” to Tehran.
“We are concerned that Russia intends to provide Iran with more advanced military components that will allow Iran to strengthen its weapons capabilities.” It is imperative that the truth about this is revealed and investigated by the United Nations as soon as possible.”
“Ukraine demands that Iran immediately stop shipments of weapons to Russia that are used to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure, and to comply with Security Council resolutions,” it said. Sergiy Kislitsa, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, told CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk on Friday.
At a UN Security Council meeting Russia convened on Friday to assess the impact of Western weapons injected into Ukraine, Russia’s UN ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzia again denied Iran was supplying Ukraine with weapons. .
“Russia’s military-industrial complex is fully operational and needs no one’s support, while the Ukrainian military industry is essentially non-existent and is supported by Western industry and Western corporations.
At the conference, US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Richard Mills told fellow diplomats on Friday: We heard him just three days ago, defying the international community’s call to end aggression,” Falk reported.
“It is Russia that ironically called this meeting, alleging an illegal conspiracy to transfer arms from Ukraine. Indeed, as others around this table have pointed out, Iran’s It is Russia that is complicit in the illegal transfer of UAVs,” Mills added.
the white house is russia Looking to North Korea for artillery during the nine-month war. North Korea denies the allegations.
The White House has repeatedly stressed Russia’s reliance on Iran and North Korea, another widely isolated country on the international stage, for help in prosecuting its war against Ukraine.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley called Iran-Russia cooperation a “hopeless alliance”.
“Iran is now one of Russia’s top military donors,” he said. “In their shady deal, the Iranian regime sent hundreds of drones to Moscow to be used to attack critical infrastructure in Ukraine and kill civilians.
“In return, Russia is providing military and technical support to the Iranian regime, which will increase the risks it poses to its partners in the Middle East and to international security.”
The Biden administration recently announced sanctions against Iranian companies and entities involved in transferring Iranian drones to Russia for use in Ukraine. It all comes as the government blames the Islamic Republic for violently quelling protests that erupted across Iran after her September death while 22-year-old Masa Amini was in moral police custody. It’s because of what you did.
The White House has accused Iran of aiding Russia’s war effort, but the administration has not abandoned the possibility of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which was scrapped by the Trump administration in 2018. . , offers Tehran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for the country agreeing to scale back its nuclear program to the limits set by the 2015 agreement.