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Russia’s Covert Arms Shipments to Iran Through the Caspian Revive Fears Over Missile and Drone Wars

A European government document says Russia is moving TNT, ammunition and drone components to Iran across the Caspian Sea to rebuild Tehran’s missile and drone arsenal after U.S. and Israeli strikes. The alleged pipeline would deepen battlefield risks from Ukraine to the Gulf — and test how far Western powers are willing to tolerate a Moscow–Tehran arms axis.

Russia is quietly moving TNT, ammunition and drone parts to Iran across the Caspian Sea, according to a European government document obtained by Western media and confirmed as authentic by a separate Western official. If sustained, the shipments would help Tehran rebuild its missile and drone arsenal after U.S. and Israeli strikes — and pull Moscow and Tehran’s security partnership into even more direct confrontation with Western interests. The document, cited on 18 August, describes Russian cargoes of explosives, munitions and unmanned aerial vehicle components bound for Iranian ports via the landlocked Caspian. Western intelligence has not publicly detailed the volume or precise timing of the reported transfers, but the…

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