Iran helping Moscow to build drone factory in Russia, U.S. says

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57% : Iran also has expressed interest in purchasing Russian attack helicopters, radars, and YAK-130 combat trainer aircraft.
50% : A drone flies over Kyiv, Ukraine during an attack on Oct. 17, 2022.Sergei Supinsky / AFP - Getty ImagesIran is sending materials to Russia to help Moscow build a drone manufacturing plant that could be operational next year, part of a "deepening" military partnership between the two countries, the Biden administration said on Friday.
50% : He added that Moscow has been "offering Iran unprecedented defense cooperation, including on missiles, electronics, and air defense" in return for Iran's supplying kamikaze drones to Russia.
50% :Iran has denied that it has provided Russia with drones for the war in Ukraine but has announced plans to bolster its defense cooperation with Moscow, including purchasing Russian fighter jets and other military hardware.
49% : Officials also said that Iran provided hundreds of armed drones to Russia last month for Moscow's war in Ukraine.
49% : Warning of growing defense ties between Tehran and Moscow, the Biden administration released a satellite photo of what it believes is the planned location of a drone production plant in the Alabuga special economic zone in the Russian republic of Tatarstan.
48% :"As of May, Russia received hundreds of one-way attack UAVs, as well as UAV production-related equipment, from Iran," added Kirby, using a military acronym for drones, unmanned aerial vehicles.
45% : The drones are "shipped across the Caspian Sea, from Amirabad, Iran to Makhachkala, Russia, and then used operationally by Russian forces against Ukraine," John Kirby, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said in a statement.
45% : Henry Rome, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank, said Iran's provision of drones to Russia presents "a wicked hard problem set for Western powers, given the direct air and sea routes between Iran and Russia.""We can try to expose and deter this activity, and over the long run complicate the relationship by restricting flows of technology.
39% : "In total, Iran is seeking billions of dollars' worth of military equipment from Russia," Kirby said, calling the terms "a full-scale defense partnership that is harmful to Ukraine, to Iran's neighbors, and to the international community."
38% : In March, Iran announced a deal to buy Russian Su-35 fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of military aircraft.
37% : Russia's embassy in Washington and Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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