Iran Press/ America: The Guardian's report on Saturday indicated that during a meeting in London between CIA Director Burns and British intelligence chief Richard Moore, Burns did not provide a definitive answer to a question posed by a Financial Times reporter regarding Iran's potential transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia.
According to this report, the CIA chief only expressed concern about Iran's possible decision to send those missiles to Russia.
Burns said that if Iran had delivered ballistic missiles to Russia, it would be a "significant escalation in the nature of the defense cooperation between the two countries."
Cia Director, however, acknowledged that Tehran only transferred low-impact drones to Russia, a claim Iran had already confirmed but said that drones were supplied to Russia months before the Ukraine war began in February 2022.
On Friday, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York also dismissed reports alleging that the Islamic Republic had transferred ballistic missiles to Russia.
In response to reports from CNN and the Wall Street Journal citing anonymous sources claiming that Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, the mission stated that Iran's stance on the Ukraine conflict remains consistent. Iran views the provision of military aid to conflict parties as inhumane, leading to higher human casualties, infrastructure destruction, and hindering ceasefire negotiations.
On Thursday, Iran’s ambassador to the UN also categorically rejected “baseless and misleading” the allegations in letters he sent to the UN chief and the Security Council president.
The US, UK and France and their media outlets have been coming out with such accusations time and again without any credible evidence while themselves fueling the flames of war by supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons.
