Iran has been sending material to Russia for the construction of a domestic facility the U.S. believes will be used to build drones intended for Moscow's war in Ukraine, according to newly declassified intelligence.
, shipped across the Caspian Sea, from Amirabad, Iran to Makhachkala, Russia, and then used operationally by Russian forces against Ukraine," said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, adding that Russia had recently used Iranian drones to strike Kyiv, Ukraine's capital.
Soon after their visit, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Tehran in his first international trip since launching the Ukraine invasion, to meet with Iranian and Turkish leaders. U.S. officials have previously said the relationship between Moscow and Tehran was likely to remain transactional; in July last year, CIA Director William Burns"Both federally sanctioned countries, both looking to break out of political isolation as well," Burns said at the annual Aspen Security Forum in Colorado."But if they need each other, they don't really trust each other, in the sense that they're energy rivals and historical competitors," he said.
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