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The media report cited western intelligence officials as saying Russia was in the process of delivering drones to Iran and will complete the shipments by the end of March
The Shahed-136 is an Iranian-made drone an Iranian-designed Shahed 136, or Geranium-2, is an Iranian-made drone used by Russian Army. (Image: AP/File)
Russia on Thursday responded to a media report that it is delivering drones to Iran amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
According to reports, Russia dismissed the report by Financial Times saying the “media were printing a lot of lies and people should pay no attention”.
The report said Russia, which is a close ally of Iran, was close to completing a shipment of drones to Iran. The Kremlin, however, denied having sent military aid to its partner since the United States and Israel began attacking the country on February 28.
“There are so many lies being spread by the media… Do not pay attention to them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
The Financial Times report cited western intelligence officials as saying Russia was in the process of delivering drones to Iran and will complete the shipments by the end of March. Now, the European Union has said Russia gave Iran intelligence to “kill Americans” in West Asia.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, accused the Kremlin of providing intelligence support to Iran in the West Asia war to “kill Americans”, calling on the US to increase pressure on Moscow.
“We see that Russia is helping Iran with intelligence to target Americans, to kill Americans, and Russia is also supporting Iran now with the drones so that they can attack neighbouring countries and also US military bases,” Kallas told journalists at a G7 meeting outside Paris, as reported by AFP.
“These wars are very much interlinked… If America wants the war in the Middle East to stop, Iran to stop attacking them, they should also put the pressure on Russia so that they are not able to help them in this,” she added, referring to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier this month, The Washington Post had reported that Moscow had passed sensitive intelligence to Tehran, including the locations of US warships and aircraft in the region.
March 26, 2026, 6:36 PM IST
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