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EXCLUSIVE: IRAN TO DELIVER HUNDREDS OF BALLISTIC MISSILES TO RUSSIA SOON, INTEL
SOURCES SAY

By Anthony Deutsch, Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay
August 9, 20247:42 PM GMT+2Updated 12 hours ago
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An Iranian missile is seen during the National Army Day parade ceremony in
Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via
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Aug 9 (Reuters) - Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran
to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European
intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent
delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in
Ukraine.
Russian defence ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract
on Dec. 13 in Tehran with Iranian officials for the Fath-360 and another
ballistic missile system built by Iran's government-owned Aerospace Industries
Organization (AIO) called the Ababil, said the two intelligence officials, who
requested anonymity in order to discuss sensitive matters.
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Citing multiple confidential intelligence sources, the officials said that
Russian personnel have visited Iran to learn how to operate the Fath-360 defence
system, which launches missiles with a maximum range of 120 km (75 miles) and a
warhead of 150 kg. One of the sources said that that "the only next possible"
step after training would be actual delivery of the missiles to Russia.
Moscow possesses its own ballistic missiles, but the supply of Fath-360s could
allow Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets beyond the front line, while
employing Iranian warheads for closer-range targets, a military expert said.
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A spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council said the United States and
its NATO allies and G7 partners "are prepared to deliver a swift and severe
response if Iran were to move forward with such transfers."
It "would represent a dramatic escalation in Iran's support for Russia's war of
aggression against Ukraine," the spokesman said. "The White House has repeatedly
warned of the deepening security partnership between Russia and Iran since the
outset of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine."

Russia's defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York said in a statement
that the Islamic Republic had forged a long-term strategic partnership with
Russia in various areas, including military cooperation.
"Nevertheless, from an ethical standpoint, Iran refrains from transferring any
weapons, including missiles, that could potentially be used in the conflict with
Ukraine until it is over," the statement said.

The White House declined to confirm that Iran was training Russian military
personnel on the Fath-360 or that it was preparing to ship the weapons to Russia
for use against Ukraine.
The two intelligence sources gave no exact timeframe for the expected delivery
of Fath-360 missiles to Russia but said it would be soon. They did not provide
any intelligence on the status of the Abibal contract.
A third intelligence source from another European agency said it had also
received information that Russia had sent soldiers to Iran to train in the use
of Iranian ballistic missile systems, without providing further details.

Such training is standard practice for Iranian weapons supplied to Russia, said
the third source, who also declined to be named because of the sensitivity of
the information.
A senior Iranian official, who requested anonymity, said Iran had sold missiles
and drones to Russia but has not provided Fath-360 missiles. There was no legal
prohibition on Tehran selling such weapons to Russia, the source added.
"Iran and Russia engage in the mutual purchase of parts and military equipment.
How each country uses this equipment is entirely their decision," the official
said, adding that Iran did not sell weapons to Russia for use in the Ukraine
war.
As part of the military cooperation, Iranian and Russian officials often
travelled between the two states, the official added.


"DESTABILIZING ACTIONS"

Until now, Iran's military support for Moscow has been limited mainly to
unmanned Shahed attack drones, which carry a fraction of the explosives and are
easier to shoot down because they are slower than ballistic missiles.
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said in July 2023 the system had been
successfully tested by the country's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
Ground Force.
"Delivery of large numbers of short-range ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia
would enable a further increase in pressure on already badly overstretched
Ukrainian missile defence systems," said Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow
for Air Power at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London-based
defence think-tank.
"As ballistic threats, they could only be intercepted reliably by the upper tier
of Ukrainian systems," he said, referring to the most sophisticated air defences
Ukraine has such as the U.S.-made Patriot and European SAMP/T systems.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense did not have immediate comment.
The NSC spokesman noted that Iran's newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian
"claimed he wanted to moderate Iran's policies and engage with the world.
Destabilizing actions like this fly in the face of that rhetoric."
U.N. Security Council restrictions on Iran's export of some missiles, drones and
other technologies expired in October 2023. However, the United States and
European Union retained sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile programme amid
concerns over exports of weapons to its proxies in the Middle East and to
Russia.
Reuters reported in February on deepening military cooperation between Iran and
Russia and on Moscow's interest in Iranian surface-to-surface missiles.
Sources told the news agency at the time that around 400 Fateh-110 longer-range
surface-to-surface ballistic missiles had been delivered. But the European
intelligence sources told Reuters that according to their information, no
transfer had happened yet.
Ukrainian authorities have not publicly reported finding any Iranian missile
remnants or debris during the war. Authorities in Kyiv did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.

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Reporting by Anthony Deutsch, Tom Balmforth in London, Jonathan Landay in
Washington and Parisa Hafezi in Dubai; Editing by Mike Collett-White and Daniel
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