Putin to travel to Tehran for meetings with Iranian, Turkish leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to Tehran, Tuesday, for conferences with Iranian and Turkish officials, the Kremlin claimed, following warnings from the United States that Iran could give Russia with drones for its war from Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Putin will show up at a trilateral assembly with leaders from Iran and Turkey — the format of conferences for Syria-associated talks.

Though in Tehran, Putin is predicted to have a individual meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Putin’s take a look at to Iran arrives immediately after the Biden administration explained Russian officers have frequented Iran’s Kashan Airfield on June 8 and July 15. 

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White Residence nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan stated the Biden administration experienced info that indicated the Iranian authorities was preparing to offer Russia with “up to many hundred UAVs, such as weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline.” 

UAVs are unmanned aerial motor vehicles, or drones.

“We assess an official Russian delegation not long ago obtained a showcase of Iranian attack-capable UAVs. We are releasing these photographs captured in June displaying Iranian UAVs that the Russian government delegation noticed that working day,” Sullivan claimed. “This indicates ongoing Russian interest in getting Iranian assault-able UAVs.”

Sullivan also said the U.S. understands that the take a look at in June was the initial time a Russian delegation “has visited this airfield for such a showcase.”

But Iran’s International Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in a cellular phone contact with his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday that the U.S. accusations about Iranian drones becoming obtained by Russia for war against Ukraine are “baseless.”

“This type of claims parallel with Biden’s go to to occupied Palestine, or Israel, are in way of political intentions and purposes,” Amirabdollahian reported, in accordance Iran’s International Ministry’s web-site. “We oppose any transfer that could direct to continuation and intensifying conflicts.”

Iran has supplied UAVs to its Middle Eastern allies, and declared Friday its initial naval drone-carrying division in the Indian Ocean.

Senior fellow at the Foundation for Protection of Democracies Behnam Ben Taleblu warned Monday that a increasing Russian-Iranian partnership could imply “hassle for Washington.” 

“Be it drone profits or sanctions busting, Washington needs to expose and sanction the connective nodes concerning Tehran and Moscow,” Taleblu informed Fox Information. 

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The U.S. broadened its network of sanctions previously this month following Tehran attempted to skirt U.S.-sanctioned Iranian petroleum and petrochemical goods by promoting the banned objects to East Asia. 

“Whilst the leaders are reportedly conference to examine Syria underneath the Astana system, what is probable bringing Khamenei, Putin, and Erdogan collectively is their shared fascination in routine survival and what the other autocrats can do to assistance with that,” Taleblu explained. 

In the meantime, Point out Section spokesman Ned Price tag stated Monday that the Biden administration “will keep on to enjoy extremely closely all of our sanctions stay in pressure.” 

“Any transaction of this kind would implicate a amount of the sanctions that we have on the publications and presumably a number of sanctions that countries all around the globe have on the textbooks,” Cost reported, relating to the drones. “So this is one thing that we’ll go on to monitor.” 

Putin’s take a look at to Iran arrives after President Biden visited Israel and Saudi Arabia. Biden, in Saudi Arabia in excess of the weekend, mentioned employing missile and defense abilities in the Middle East as a counter to Iranian drone and missile assaults.

Neither Saudi Arabia nor Israel have joined global initiatives to punish Putin more than his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. 

Fox News’ Ben Evansky, Caitlin McFall and The Linked Push contributed to this report.