The U.S. has disclosed further evidence that Iran is arming Russia with armed drones for the war against Ukraine. While Iran maintains this is not the case, it sees the European war as a ripe opportunity to market its indigenous military drones to more countries. On Tuesday, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) of the Department of Defense released a report with photographic evidence that conclusively confirms Russia’s use of Iranian-built drones in Ukraine. Russia’s repeated and ongoing use of these drones has, of course, been public knowledge since September. However, this report provides further proof this is the case by comparing recently declassified images of Iranian drones used in attacks in the Middle East and the publicly available photos of the drones used in Ukraine. It leaves no doubt that Russia is using Iranian-built Shahed-131/136 loitering munitions (one-way, explosive drones) and multirole Mohajer-6 drones in this war. Iranian Shahed-136 loitering munitions in their launch container. Iran Ministry of Defense U.S. officials explained that the report’s evidence aims to refute continued Iranian denials. "The main point is that Iran’s foreign ministry is denying that they are being used. What the U.S. and U.K. want to do is provide irrefutable evidence […]