The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the US administration is making significant efforts to limit Iran’s ability to produce andDrone delivery in Russiawhich in turn uses it in its military operation against Ukraine.
An expanded American plan
Intelligence, military and national security officials have said in interviews with the newspaper in the United States, Europe and the Middle East that there is an expanded US program aimed at limiting Iran’s ability to manufacture drones, making difficult for the Russians to make attacks using them. They stressed that if that fails, the Ukrainians will be provided with the necessary defenses to overthrow him.
Western-made components
The expansion of these efforts has become evident in recent weeks, as the administration accelerated its moves to deny Iran the Western-made components needed to manufacture the drones it sells to Russia after an examination of the debris of intercepted planes found be equipped with American weapons. technology done.
1,700 March
Reports indicate that Tehran has so far supplied the Russian forces with around 1,700 strike drones and plans to supply another 300 in the near future.
British Foreign Office sources said last week that Iranian-made drones supplied to Russia had played a “central role” in attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine.
A defense partnership between Moscow and Tehran
And earlier this month, the CIA said Russia was also trying to help Iran, which could pose a threat to US allies in the region.
“What is starting to emerge are at least the beginnings of a full defense partnership between Russia and Iran, in which the Iranians supply the Russians with drones that kill Ukrainian civilians as we speak today,” said CIA chief William Burns. an interview.
