Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and will likely use them in Ukraine within weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, warning that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security.
At a news conference in London ahead of a visit to Kyiv he and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy will make, Blinken said Washington had privately warned Iran that providing ballistic missiles to Russia would be "a dramatic escalation" and said new sanctions would be imposed later on Tuesday.
"Russia has now received shipments with these ballistic missiles, and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine, against Ukraine," Blinken said, citing intelligence that he said has been shared with U.S. allies and partners around the world.
The U.S. later identified nine Russian-flagged vessels it said were involved in the delivery of weapons from Iran to Russia, designating them as "blocked property" under Washington's sanctions regime, according to the Treasury Department's website.
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I find this story odd, Iran is 2nd to 3rd world economically, educationally and governmentally; am I supposed to be concerned that Russia now takes arms from them?
@C4mpaignSparrowVeteran2yrs2Y
Why would Russians buy from Iran? They exported that tech to Iran.
The fact is they are trying to make sure that the conflict between Iran and the US won't fade away.
Note that the new president of Iran is a reformist (reformists are known to be a USA-friendly party).
Iran has been providing suicide drones for about a year now.
@GleefulVoterIDGreen2yrs2Y
Wasted billions of dollars on a losing war in Ukrainian instead of negotiating peace .We should have spent the money in Hawaii and on our war veterans.
@CruelPloverIndependent2yrs2Y
You are so dumb that you don't realize Russia never keeps its word on agreements. You need to do a little historical research.
@AboardSheepRepublican2yrs2Y
A complete and total failure of Blinken and our State Department. However, we have been able to put “pride” flags in our Embassies. A smarter President would have fired this inept hack a long time Ago. Now we are the stuck with the results of his ineptitude. Watch out below.
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