G7 ready to sanction Iran over missile transfers to Russia

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Warnings come amid fears Tehran is stepping up support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine

A damaged apartment building after an overnight Russian attack using Iranian-made Shahed drones on Kharkiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFPG7 nations have escalated warnings to Iran over military co-operation with Russia, including the transfer of advanced rockets, saying they are preparing to hit Tehran with a new wave of sanctions.

“We are extremely concerned about reports that Iran is considering transferring ballistic missiles and related technology to Russia,” the G7 statement said. Missile transfers “would add to regional destabilisation and represents a substantive material escalation in its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine”.Biden and Trump clinch presidential nominations on another deeply strange day

Among the sanctions under consideration would be a ban on flights from Iran Air, the country’s flagship carrier, into Europe. The US has imposed hundreds of sanctions on the Islamic republic since former president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers.The EU and US recently announced plans to provide stopgap funding for Ukraine even as Republicans in Congress continue to block billions of dollars in additional American aid for Kyiv.

In return for Iran’s support on the battlefield, “we know Russia has been offering Tehran unprecedented defence co-operation”, the US official said. “Iran is seeking billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment from Russia.”

 

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