{"id":116681,"date":"2024-02-24T08:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T13:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=116681"},"modified":"2024-02-24T08:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T13:33:39","slug":"iran-denies-providing-ballistic-missiles-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2024\/02\/24\/iran-denies-providing-ballistic-missiles-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Denies Providing Ballistic Missiles to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dateline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-116682 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/General-Mohammad-Reza-Ashtiani.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES \u2014 <\/span>Iran denied on Friday that it had provided ballistic missiles to Russia, after the United States said there would be a severe international response to any such move.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week Reuters, citing six sources, reported that Iran had provided Russia with many powerful surface-to-surface ballistic weapons, deepening military cooperation between the two U.S.-sanctioned nations.<br \/>\nThe Biden administration warned Iran on Thursday of a &#8220;swift and severe&#8221; response from the international community if the Islamic Republic had provided ballistic missiles to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite no legal restrictions on ballistic missile sales, Iran is morally obligated to refrain from weapon transactions during the Russia-Ukraine conflict to prevent fueling the war,&#8221; Iran&#8217;s mission to the United Nations said on the X social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[That] is rooted in Iran&#8217;s adherence to international law and the U.N. Charter,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>U.N. Security Council restrictions on Iran&#8217;s export of some missiles, drones and other technologies expired in October.<\/p>\n<p>However, the United States and the European Union retained sanctions on Iran&#8217;s ballistic missile program amid concerns over exports of weapons to its proxies in the Middle East and to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Iran initially denied supplying drones to Russia but months later said it had provided a small number before Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOA \u2014 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES \u2014 Iran denied on Friday that it had provided ballistic missiles to Russia, after the United States said there would be a severe international response to any such move. 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