The administration previously warned of Iran providing drones to Russia, which have been used in its war against Ukraine.
The White House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone manufacturing facility, and continues to ship drones as Russia prolongs its invasion of Ukraine.
"Now we have information that they are actually actively working with the Russians to build a drone manufacturing capability inside Russia, to shorten that timeline up," Kirby said. "This is a defense relationship that is quite worrisome, not just obviously, first and foremost, to the people of Ukraine, but to the region itself, the Middle East, because Iran seeks to gain from this relationship too they want to get advanced Russian military capabilities, including helicopters and fighter aircraft, that will certainly just further destabilize the Middle East region and make everybody's responsibility to be more vigilant that much more keen," he said.
"I don't want to get into diplomatic conversations. But I mean, I think you can surmise by the very fact that we made it public today, that we are not bashful about putting pressure on Iran to stop these violations. And they are violations of UN Security Council resolutions," Kirby said. The advisory states:"Industry should be aware of its compliance obligations due to the threat posed by the extensive overseas network of procurement agents, front companies, suppliers, and intermediaries Iran uses to obtain UAV components, all of which employ a variety of methods to evade export controls and sanctions. Industry should exercise extra vigilance due to the ubiquitous nature of many of the items, as Iran utilizes commercial-grade components in its weapons.
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