The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has warned that Iran plans to supply Russia with more weapons, while Tehran continues to deny that it supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mossad chief David Barnia spoke to employees at the president’s residence in Jerusalem and stressed that his agency “is still warning about Iran’s future and intentions, which it tries to keep secret.” has been,” including efforts by Tehran to “deepen and expand supply.” Modern Weapons to Russia.”
Iran has reportedly supplied weapons to Moscow in the past few months, starting with shipments of Shahed-136 “Kamikaze” drones. Tehran has repeatedly denied supplying Russia with any weapons, saying it “has not done so and will not do so”.
But Bernia, in a speech to his agency staff, said he had shared intelligence with Western allies earlier this year that showed Iran planned to share drones with Russia in the coming months. More deliveries are planned.
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Barnia also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – also known as the Iran nuclear deal – a “nonsense” deal, echoing criticisms made by Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu. done
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – JUNE 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) attends the swearing-in ceremony of David Barnia (C) as the new head of the Israeli national intelligence service Mossad on June 1, 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel. are doing Outgoing Mossad chief Cohen (L) also attended the UC ceremony.
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“We are warning about Iran’s intention to expand its uranium enrichment program and its intention to increase its influence over friendly Muslim countries in the region in various ways,” Barnia said.
FILE – This unidentified photo released by the Ukrainian military’s Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shaheed drone shot down near Kopyansk, Ukraine. As protests rage at home, Iran’s theocratic government is rapidly expanding its military presence abroad. This includes supplying Russia with drones that now kill Ukrainian citizens, conducting exercises along the border with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Ukraine military’s Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, file)
(Ukraine military’s Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, file)
Iran has reportedly reached 60 percent uranium enrichment at its Fordow enrichment plant, a dangerous step closer to the country’s goal of obtaining nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that Iran has informed the agency that it has begun enriching uranium to high levels.
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The weapons require 90% purity, but the level Iran has reached exceeds the 20% it produced before the 2015 nuclear deal, meaning the country exceeded the deal’s mandated limit of 3.67%. has exceeded
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on July 19, 2022 in Tehran, Iran.
(President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
“Is this a country the free world wants to make a treaty with?” Bernia asked. “Our eyes will be open, we will be on double alert.”
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“I repeat my promise, as I said last year, that Iran will not have nuclear weapons…never, that’s my commitment, that’s the institution’s commitment.”
