Washington:
The USA will quickly impose new sanctions on Iran over its backing for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White Home mentioned Thursday.
“In response to Iran’s ongoing help for Russia’s brutal conflict, we will likely be imposing extra sanctions on Iran within the coming days, and we’re ready to go additional if Iran sells ballistic missiles to Russia,” Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby advised journalists.
“Iran isn’t serving to Russia at no cost. In return for Iran’s help, Russia has been providing Tehran unprecedented protection cooperation. So in complete Iran is searching for billions of {dollars}’ price of navy gear from Russia,” Kirby mentioned.
Ukrainian forces are operating in need of ammunition as they combat in opposition to invading Russian troops, with extra funding for Kyiv held up within the US Congress.
Moscow has turned to Tehran in addition to Pyongyang to acquire arms to be used in Ukraine, whereas Russia has additionally massively ramped up its home arms manufacturing.
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