Russia flew stolen Western cash and weapons to Iran: Report - Fox News

Russia sent currency and stolen Western weapons to Iran successful August, the archetypal glimpse of what Tehran has been getting successful speech for helping the Russian warfare effort successful Ukraine.

"As always, there’s nary escaped luncheon successful planetary authorities and not slightest among the likes of Moscow and Tehran," Behnam Ben Taleblu, elder chap astatine the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. "Not lone does Iran get to usage Ukraine arsenic different investigating crushed for its unmanned aerial threats, but it gets to empower Putin’s warfare instrumentality which some distracts satellite attraction from the Middle East arsenic good arsenic imposes a decease by a 1000 cuts strategy against the West."

Ben Taleblu's comments travel aft a Sky News study Tuesday revealed Russia flew implicit $140 cardinal of stolen Western anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. The weapons see a British NLAW anti-tank missile, a U.S. Javelin anti-tank rocket and a Stinger anti-aircraft rocket that were portion of a shipment to Ukraine, but "fell into Russian hands," the outlet said, citing a information source.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

The root said the shipment of Western weapons could let Iran to reverse-engineer them and beryllium utilized successful aboriginal wars," thing Ben Taleblu warned would "improve Iran’s already evolving home arms accumulation capabilities."

Sky News shared outer photos they assertion amusement 2 Russian military cargo planes astatine Mehrabad Airport successful Tehran successful August, with the root saying the currency and munitions were Russia's outgo for the termination drones Iran has provided to Russia for usage successful Ukraine implicit the past fewer months.

The root added that Russia has added much drones worthy implicit $200 cardinal implicit the past fewer days.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, left, and the Guard's aerospace part commandant Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh speech portion unveiling a caller drone called "Gaza" successful an undisclosed determination successful Iran. (Sepahnews via AP)

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"For the archetypal clip we person a glimmer of penetration into what Russia whitethorn beryllium providing Iran successful speech for loitering munitions and unmanned combat aerial vehicles," Ben Taleblu said. "What’s more, the latest study validates past Israeli concerns pertaining to problems that mightiness originate from imaginable aerial defence strategy transfers to Ukraine similar the robust dome."

In October, Likud person Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to regain his station arsenic premier curate pursuing the 2022 Israeli legislative election, expressed interest astir Israel agreeing to nonstop anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine, arguing specified shipments hazard ending up successful Iran.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

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"On the question of weapons there's ever a possibility, and this has happened clip and again, that weapons that we supplied successful 1 battlefield extremity up successful Iranian hands utilized against us," Netanyahu said during an October interrogation with MSNBC. "In the Golan Heights, wherever we're trying to forestall Iran from creating a 2nd Lebanon front, a 2nd violent beforehand against us, we brushwood Israeli-made weapons."