Iran has agreed to supply Russia with surface-to-surface missiles and additional drones, according to two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats.
On October 6, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, two senior Revolutionary Guard officials, and an official from the Supreme National Security Council arrived in Moscow for talks with Russia about the delivery of the weaponry.
“The Russians had asked for more drones and those Iranian ballistic missiles with improved accuracy, particularly the Fateh and Zolfaghar missiles family,” said one of the Iranian diplomats, who was briefed about the trip.
“Where they are being used is not the seller’s issue. We do not take sides in the Ukraine crisis like the West. We want an end to the crisis through diplomatic means,” the diplomat said.
However, the Iranian diplomat rejected that weapon transfers breach a 2015 UN Security Council resolution.