“As always, there is no free lunch in international politics and especially among the likes of Moscow and Tehran,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. “Not only is Iran using Ukraine as another testing ground for its drone threats, it is bolstering Putin’s war machine, which is diverting global attention from the Middle East and imposing a strategy of death by a thousand cuts against the West . .” Ben Taleblou’s comments come after Sky News reported on Tuesday that Russia had flown more than $140 million worth of stolen Western anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. The weapons include a British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile and a Stinger anti-aircraft missile that were part of a mission to Ukraine but “fell into Russian hands,” the agency said, citing a security source. . Iran Sent Over 3,500 DRONES TO RUSSIA FOR ITS WAR AGAINST UKRAINE: INTEL DOSSIER Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP) The source said sending Western weapons could allow Iran to reverse engineer them and use them in future wars,” which Ben Taleblou warned would “enhance Iran’s already evolving domestic weapons production capabilities.” Sky News has shared satellite photos it claims show two Russian military aircraft at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran in August, with the source saying the cash and ammunition were Russia’s payment for suicide drones that Iran provided Russia for use in Ukraine in recent months. . The source added that Russia has added more drones worth more than $200 million in recent days. Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Hossein Salami, left, and commander of the Guard’s aerospace division, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, talk while unveiling a new drone called “Gaza” at an undisclosed location in Iran. (Sepahnews via AP) ZELENSKY SAYS RUSSIA ‘PROBABLY’ PAYS FOR IRANIAN DRONES WITH NUCLEAR RESEARCH AID “For the first time we have a glimmer of a picture of what Russia can provide Iran in exchange for roving munitions and unmanned fighter jets,” Ben Taleblou said. “Furthermore, the latest report validates Israel’s past concerns about problems that may arise from potential transfers of air defense systems to Ukraine, such as Iron Dome.” In October, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to regain his post as prime minister after Israel’s 2022 parliamentary elections, expressed concern over Israel’s agreement to send anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine, arguing that such missions risk end up in Iran. Former Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “In the issue of weapons there is always the possibility, and it has happened time and time again, that the weapons that we have supplied on a battlefield end up in Iranian hands that are used against us,” Netanyahu said during an October interview with MSNBC. “In the Golan Heights, where we are trying to prevent Iran from creating a second front in Lebanon, a second terrorist front against us, we are meeting Israeli weapons.” Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
