Iran transferred to Russia hundreds of missiles with a range of up to 700km

Western media quoted sources saying that Iran may have transferred a large number of powerful ballistic missiles to Russia when the war between Moscow and Ukraine has not cooled down.
Six sources told Reuters that Iran appears to have supplied Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles as Moscow is accelerating the pace of its special military operation in Ukraine.

The source said that Iran may have transferred about 400 missiles including many Fateh-110 series missiles. Experts say this missile is capable of attacking targets at a distance of 300 to 700km.

Iran's Ministry of Defense and the Revolutionary Guard declined to comment on the information. Russia has not yet commented on the above news. One of the Iranian sources said the shipments appeared to start arriving in early January after a deal was finalized in meetings late last year between Iranian and Iranian military and security officials. Russia takes place in Tehran and Moscow.

An unnamed Iranian military official told Reuters that at least four missile shipments appeared to have been delivered and that more weapons were expected to be delivered in the near future.

Another source revealed that some missiles were brought to Russia by ship through the Caspian Sea, while some weapons were transported by plane. White House national security spokesman John Kirby expressed concern in early January that Russia may be about to purchase short-range ballistic weapons from Iran.

Jeffrey Lewis, an expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, said the Fateh-110 missile family is a precision weapon. "They are used to strike high-value targets and cause precision damage," he said, warning that the 400 missiles could cause significant harm if used in Ukraine.

A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said that they had no official information about Russia's purchase of Fateh-110 missiles. He warned that, if the above information is true, this line of ballistic missiles will pose a serious threat to Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly stated that its defense industry is capable of providing weapons for the special military campaign in Ukraine. Moscow has ramped up production capacity over the past several months and has seen a surge in weaponry. They have a great advantage in the war of attrition with Ukraine.

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk said that Russia seemed to want to replenish its missile arsenal at a time when a trickle of Western aid left Ukraine seriously short of ammunition. Previously, Ukraine repeatedly asked Iran to stop transferring the Shahed-136 suicide UAV to Russia. Ukraine and the West suspect that Russia bought Shahed and repainted it as a Geran UAV to carry out attacks.

The Ukrainian Air Force said late last year that Russia had launched 3,700 Shaheds during nearly two years of fighting. However, Iran has repeatedly denied that it provided UAVs to Russia for use in the war, emphasizing that Tehran does not transfer weapons to war zones.