Defying the West
\nThe move is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers
\nTehran
\nIran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.
\nA deal was agreed on October 6 when Iran\u2019s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, two senior officials from Iran\u2019s powerful Revolutionary Guards and an official from the Supreme National Security Council visited Moscow for talks with Russia about the delivery of the weapons.
\n\u201cThe Russians had asked for more drones and those Iranian ballistic missiles with improved accuracy, particularly the Fateh and Zolfaghar missiles family,\u201d said one of the Iranian diplomats, who was briefed about the trip.
\nA Western official briefed on the matter confirmed it, saying there was an agreement in place between Iran and Russia to provide surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles, including the Zolfaghar.
\nThe US State Department assessed that Iranian drones were used in a morning rush hour attack on capital Kyiv, a US official said.
\nWhite House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre also accused Tehran of lying when it said Iranian drones are not being used by Russia in Ukraine.
\nThe stakes are high for Iran, which has been negotiating with Western states to revive a 2015 deal that would ease sanctions on Tehran in return for limits on its nuclear work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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