US releases satellite pictures of Russia site where it says Iran is helping to build drone factory

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In return for Iran's military supplies, Russia, according to Kirby, "has been offering Iran unprecedented defence cooperation, including on missiles, electronics, and air defence".
55% : In total, Iran is seeking billions of dollars' worth of military equipment from Russia."
54% : Iran is seeking to purchase additional military equipment from Russia, including attack helicopters, radars, and YAK-130 combat trainer aircraft.
52% : The route Iran uses to dispatch drones and other military equipment to Russia, according to US intelligence (Credit: US government).
52% : There are anxieties that despite restrictions Iran is managing to source plenty of commercially-available technology, including American-made microelectronics, on global markets for its drone building.
50% : The US released a map on June 9 that shows the sea route Iran appears to be using to ship equipment from Amirabad, Iran to Makhachkala, Russia.
50% : US officials have also concluded that Iran has been shipping materials that Russia has been using to build the drone factory, located inside Russia's Alabuga Special Economic Zone, around 600 miles (966 kilometres) east of Moscow.
45% : Kirby said that the US was releasing a range of newly declassified information to the public on what Washington has come to regard as a deepening "full-scale defence partnership" between Tehran and Moscow.
45% : "Earlier this year, Iran announced that it had finalized a deal to buy Su-35 fighter jets from Russia.
38% : Ukraine last week introduced sanctions against Iran that will not expire for 50 years.
37% : Kirby also stated that the transfers of drones by Iran to Russia constituted a violation of UN rules.
34% :Kirby also announced that the US was set to put out a new advisory to assist businesses and governments in better understanding how Iran is illicitly obtaining components to build its drones.
27% :Iran was yet to respond to the new allegations from the US about its defence relationship with Russia, but Tehran has previously several times stated that the only military drones it has sent to Russia were dispatched during times prior to Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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