The Biden administration on Thursday warned Iran of a "swift and severe" response from the international community if Tehran provided ballistic missiles to Russia, after Reuters reported earlier this week that the Islamic Republic shipped the powerful weapons to Moscow.
Speaking at a virtual briefing with reporters, White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said Washington has yet to see confirmation that missiles have moved from Iran to Russia.
Reuters exclusively reported on Wednesday that Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, citing six sources, a move that illustrated the deepening military cooperation between the two U.S.-sanctioned countries.
"In this press reporting, the Iranians are clearly indicating that they will ship ballistic missiles to Russia, and we have no reason to believe they will not follow through," Kirby said.
"For our part, we will take this matter to the U.N. Security Council," he added. "We will implement additional sanctions against Iran. And we will coordinate further response options with our allies and partners in Europe and elsewhere."
Iran's provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources told Reuters. This road-mobile missile is capable of striking targets at a distance of between 300 km and 700 km (186 miles and 435 miles), experts say.
@GovernmentGregRepublican3mos3MO
As Sen. McCain once sang on the Senate floor, it is time to "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran...". or at least present a credible threat of doing so.
America's weakness under Biden is a goad to the radical islamists who want to destroy Israel, America, and secular democracy, worldwide. Biden must stop coddling Iran, and accept they will not transform into a foce for peace and stability in the mideast. This was a fantasy spun from the same naivete as Neville Chamberlain signing the Munich Agreement.
Please, Joe, let's tell them more than "don't."
@DiplomacySealDemocrat3mos3MO
If you think this will stop in the Middle East it won't. We have a man running for President that if elected will dismantle our democracy and, start or join wars in progress and, I bet the first one will be with Mexico. He's just that crazy.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution3mos3MO
John McCain is a fascist neocon
Israel will never permit Iran to have nuclear weapons based on its public statements concerning the existence of Israel and the actions of its proxies. Iran needs to take that seriously and demonstrate to the world that its public statements saying that it does not want nuclear weapons are true. The only way I know to do that is for them to allow unscheduled, snap inspections of their nuclear facilities; and, recognize Israel’s right to exist. Short of that, Israel has to be prepared to push the button before they do
@TwoPartyJackLibertarian3mos3MO
Based on past experience, that's worked well. Have the mullahs seen the light? I doubt it.
@GrudgingChoughGreen3mos3MO
The real threat to life on this planet is the prospect of Shia religious extremists with nuclear weapons. They believe that Armageddon will cause the coming of the 12th Imam.
Unlike the Soviets or the Chinese Communists, they seek Nuclear War, they do not fear it.
It is democrats and the Biden/Obama administrations that are funding these extremist groups in their quest for a global community.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution3mos3MO
It makes me sick reading these headlines everyday about the triumph of the Far-Left/Neocon foreign policy and Biden's warmongering policies...
@G0vernanceMareRepublican3mos3MO
Who's instigating this whole mess?
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
Their trying the best to spread our military out on multiple fronts at once, while forcing us to spend billions on these conflicts that China never does.
@UnhappyeXecutivePatriot3mos3MO
I keep reading the claim that "Iran doesn't want war" like it's a truism. But what we've seen is that on Oct 7th, Iran-backed Hamas launched a large, surprise unprovoked massacre of Israeli civilians. Then Iran-backed Hizbollah began launching rockets into northern Israel. Then the Iran-backed Houthis began attacking civilian ships from various countries with missiles, rockets and drones. They also attacked the US navy. Plus US bases in Iraq and Syria came under attack from Iran-backed militias. Now Iran has launched missile attacks on targets in Syria, Iraq and Pakis… Read more
@G0vernanceMareRepublican3mos3MO
These Iranian attacks come out of panic, since their Hamas adventure has ended in complete disaster, and now their Houthi adventure moves in the same direction.
@CockyFr33m4rketGreen3mos3MO
Of course peace could explode if the USA forced Israel to stop the massacres. So easy. Would be nice, for just once, for the USA to be rational and respect human rights. Alas, the USA just kills and destroys.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution3mos3MO
People are acting like these "Iranian attacks" are something new and dangerous. Or, at least, that's the narrative the warmongering mainstream media has indoctrinated Americans with. But what's the TRUTH? Here it is – these attacks have been going on FOR DECADES, ceaselessly, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, there have been attacks as bad or WORSE than the one that CNN and Fox showed us. It's only now, when the Non-interventionists and peace advocates in Congress are finally getting a small victory by delaying this stupid Ukraine aid vote and Israel vote, that we're show… Read more
@Patriot-#1776Constitution3mos3MO
What's "violently reckless" is the fact that we have hundreds of military bases in sovereign and independent countries (that are hostile to us) and are populating them with innocent Americans, waiting for these troops to get blasted to bits so the neocons have an excuse to start another WAR, so they can enrich their military-industrial complex donors and further their own imperial fantasies and increase their power over our lives. We don't even know that Iran bombed this base – I strongly suspect that the footage was either manufactured, OR the US government bombed… Read more
@Patriot-#1776Constitution3mos3MO
So what's the solution? Bring the troops home, to defend OUR country – don't leave them to bleed and die on foreign policy, slaughtered by the pagan fascists like bulls on an altar of globalist utopia, nation building, democracy-spreading, and empire! Instead of being consumed by emotions of rage toward Iran for bombing our military bases in their country, we ought to be consumed by emotions of rage toward the DC elites who were stupid and evil enough to send our troops to those bases in the first place. Imagine if China built bases in Texas – think maybe they'd get… Read more
@9K5JJS43mos3MO
We’re hopefully telling them if they keep sending nukes to Russia we gon mess ‘em up
A nation's right to self-defense.
Biden and Israel should be good with this. How many times have they invoked this doctrine in the past 100 days?
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