Mossad chief warns of Iran's growing advanced weapons supply to Russia
The chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has warned that Iran plans to deliver more weapons to Russia, while Tehran continues to deny that it has supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
David Barnea, Mossad’s chief, stressed that his agency is "still warning about Iran’s future and intentions, which it is trying to keep secret," including Tehran’s efforts to "deepen and expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia."
Iran has allegedly provided Moscow with weapons over the past few months, starting with a shipment of Shahed-136 "Kamikaze" drones. Tehran has repeatedly denied supplying Russia with any weapons, saying that it "has not and will not" do so.
"We are warning about Iran's future intentions, which they are trying to keep secret, to deepen and expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia and to expand the uranium enrichment project," David Barnea said.
Barnea also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – also known as the Iran nuclear deal – an "absurd" agreement, echoing criticisms voiced by Prime Minister-Elect Benjamin Netanyahu.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had informed the agency that it had started to enrich uranium at higher levels.
Weapons require 90% purity, but the level Iran has reached far exceeds its 20% produced prior to the 2015 nuclear deal, meaning that the country far exceeded the 3.67% cap the deal had mandated.
