Russia is close to completing a phased shipment of drones, medicine and food to Iran to bolster its war effort against the US and Israel, according to a report.
Senior Iranian and Russian officials began secretly discussing the delivery of drones days after Israel and the US launched their first attack on Tehran last month, two officials briefed on the intelligence told the Financial Times.
Moscow began its deliveries in early March, and they were expected to be completed by the end of the month, Western intelligence said.
Meanwhile ...
Iran says strikes contradict Trump's 'extended deadline for diplomacy'
www.bbc.com
... Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says that Israel "has hit 2 of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure".
In a message shared on X, he says that "Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S." and the attack "contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy".
Iran will "exact HEAVY price," he adds.
It comes less than 24 hours after US President Donald Trump said he would pause any attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure for a further 10 days.
It comes as the Israeli military says it has struck the Arak heavy water plant in central Iran. ...
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