Iran has supported Russia both diplomatically and militarily since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has voted against United Nations resolutions condemning Russia and has regularly delivered loitering munitions, chiefly the Shahed 131 and Shahed 136, to the Russian military.

Iran recognized Ukraine as an independent sovereign state on 25 December 1991, four months after the Ukrainian SSR issued the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine amidst the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Iran has an embassy in Ukraine's Kyiv, and Ukraine has an embassy in Iran's Tehran.

Jan 18, 2025 · President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.

Jan 16, 2025 · Russia’s growing ties with Iran have shaped the war in Ukraine. A new treaty raises the stakes for Trump’s administration. Link Copied! Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Jun 5, 2024 · Observers say they are sent in return for the Kremlin’s international backing and far more advanced Russian weaponry that can shield Iran from potential Israeli and United States attacks.

Jan 18, 2025 · Relations between Iran and Russia continue to warm amidst an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate. The two allies signed a cooperative agreement this week, signaling Tehran and Moscow will ...

5 days ago · The Russia-Iran Coalition Deepens By Karolina Hird and Kitaneh Fitzpatrick January 28, 2025 Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally shifted and intensified the Russo-Iranian relationship.

Apr 28, 2023 · New research has revealed the extent to which Iran has built a powerful weapons industry based on Western technology, and how that technology is being used by Russia against Ukrainian cities.

Sep 10, 2024 · London — The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine, and the allies both said...

5 days ago · A decade after Soleimani’s visit, Iran and Russia have forged unprecedented ties, strengthened by their shared isolation from the West and by military cooperation in Ukraine. Russia, once an architect of the deal to restrict Iran’s nuclear program, has evolved into a potential enabler of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.