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David Parnia, head of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency Mossad, said on Thursday that Iran was seeking to “deepen and expand” shipments of advanced weapons to Russia, which is declaring war on Ukraine. Israeli President Isaac Herzog has indicated that he has shared information with the United States about the use of Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine.
The head of Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, said on Thursday that Iran was seeking to “deepen and expand” shipments of advanced weapons to Russia, which is fighting a war in Ukraine.
turnip President Mossad David Parniain a speech delivered Thursday in the Israeli presidential residence on the occasion of the Jewish festival of lights, that Iran intends to deliver advanced equipment to Russia, without further details.
“We warn about Iran’s future intentions, which this country is trying to hide by increasing and expanding its shipments of advanced weapons to Russia,” Parnia said.
He added: “We shed light on arms shipments to Russia, despite Iran’s lies … familiar to us,” noting that its apparatus, which Tehran accuses of sabotaging some of its nuclear sites and assassinating its scientists , has “extensive” knowledge of the situation in Tehran.
In late October, Israeli President Isaac Herzog indicated that he shared information with the United States about the use of Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine.
Israel accuses Iran of trying to develop a nuclear bomb and says it is trying by all means to prevent it, as well as to counter its influence in the Middle East.
The killing of a Colonel of the Revolutionary Guards
In a related development, a colonel in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, one of the advisers to the “Jawfada” forces, Dawood Jafari, was killed on Monday near Damascus by an explosive device, which Israel has been accused of being behind. The Aerospace Department of the Revolutionary Guards specializes in the production of drones, ballistic missiles and satellites.
After Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February, Israel initially took a cautious stance towards Moscow, emphasizing the special relationship between the two countries due to the presence of more than one million former Soviet Union citizens in Israel, while Russia has deployed forces in neighboring Syria.
Then, Yair Lapid, the outgoing prime minister, saw the war as a “grave breach of the international order”. However, Israeli authorities said Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, specifically on the issue of Ukraine.
France 24/AFP
