Russia, Desperate for Munitions to Fight Ukraine, Courts Iran for Materiel

Spearheading the quest, the Russian defense minister has followed up President Putin’s reception for Kim Jong-un with a mission to Tehran, hailing Iran-Russian ties as ‘reaching a new level.’

Iranian Defense Ministry via AP
Iran's defense minster, Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, right, and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, left, at Tehran, September 20, 2023. Iranian Defense Ministry via AP

Russia, in pursuit of munitions for the war in Ukraine, is courting Iran with the same passion with which it’s embracing North Korea.

Spearheading the quest, the Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, has followed up President Putin’s reception for Kim Jong-un with a mission to Tehran in which he proclaimed Iran-Russian ties as “reaching a new level.”

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