Iran has sent short-range missiles to Russia that are expected to be used against Ukraine within weeks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, as he announced a joint solidarity trip to Kyiv with his British counterpart.
Blinken, on a visit to London, said the United States and its allies would impose new sanctions on Iran for defying warnings on sending the missiles, including on state carrier Iran Air.
He said that dozens of Russian military personnel have trained in Iran using the Fath-360 missile, which has a range of 75 miles (120 kilometres).
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The governments of France, Germany and Britain strongly condemn Iranian transfers of ballistic missiles to Russia and will work toward imposing sanctions on Iran Air as a result, the German foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
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