Russia forced to rely on weapons from Iran and North Korea in sign of Putin's 'desperation'

Putin is being forced to accept ammunition and missiles from Iran and North Korea, showing the country is under massive strain to replenish weapons

Dr Salisbury said before the war, the Russian military industrial complex was viewed as well-armed, well-trained and highly competent, and traditionally, Iran would have looked to Russia to access technology to build weapons programmes.

Iran has already engaged in arms supply to its allies – A UN report from early 2022, showed that it was probable Iran had been supplying weapons to Houthi forces in Yemen against Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, Switzerland joined the US, European Union and UK in imposing sanctions against Iran’s supply of the drones, which Russia is using toYet despite the new level of co-operation between Iran and Russia, Dr Salisbury did not think the development indicated a higher threat of nuclear war.

“Iran is probably more used to being isolated than Russia is at the moment – Russia still has countries that won’t vote against it at the UN but those countries are shrinking and shrinking,” he said.

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