{"id":131020,"date":"2024-09-06T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131020"},"modified":"2024-09-06T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:10:20","slug":"wsj-u-s-tells-allies-iran-has-sent-ballistic-missiles-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131020","title":{"rendered":"(WSJ) U.S. Tells Allies Iran Has Sent Ballistic Missiles to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, according to U.S. and European officials, a move that gives Moscow another potent military tool in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/deadly-russian-missile-attack-highlights-ukraines-air-defense-shortages-a6c32d03?mod=article_inline\">its war against Ukraine<\/a>&nbsp;and follows stern Western warnings not to provide those arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development comes as Russia has stepped up&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/ukraine-takes-war-to-russia-with-drone-strikes-but-struggles-to-inflict-pain-on-putin-af33a5a3?mod=article_inline\">its missile attacks on Ukrainian cities<\/a>&nbsp;and infrastructure, killing dozens of civilians in recent days. Washington informed allies of Iran\u2019s shipments this week, European officials said,&nbsp;including a briefing for ambassadors in Washington on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A U.S. official confirmed the missiles \u201chave finally been delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have been warning of the deepening security partnership between Russia and Iran since the outset of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and are alarmed by these reports,\u201d said National Security Council Spokesman Sean Savett. \u201cWe and our partners have made clear both at the G-7 and at the NATO summits this summer that together we are prepared to deliver significant consequences. Any transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia would represent a dramatic escalation in Iran\u2019s support for Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/u-s-tells-allies-iran-has-sent-ballistic-missiles-to-russia-9558f4c4\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, according to U.S. and European officials, a move that gives Moscow another potent military tool in&nbsp;its war against Ukraine&nbsp;and follows stern Western warnings not to provide those arms to Moscow. The development<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131020\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,143,144,564,106,479],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-defense-national-security-military","category-foreign-relations","category-iran","category-military-armed-forces","category-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131022,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131020\/revisions\/131022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}