 possessed the capability to examine the weapons, understand the technology and then manufacture it themselves. "They will probably be reverse-engineered and used in future wars," the source told Sky. A senior government source did not deny the Sky report when approached by The Telegraph. On Tuesday night the Ministry of Defence said it was urgently trying to verify the veracity of the claims made on the television channel. 'We have not had a chance to go through it [the report] yet and clarify anything that has been alleged. We are trying to assess this and verify the report,' said a British military source. Western governments will hope to put pressure on Iran to shut down any future deals between Moscow and Tehran. In exchange for the armaments and the cash, Iran handed over to Russia 160){kind=link}
The Kremlin gave Tehran over £120m in cash along with state-of-the-art weaponry seized from Ukrainian troops
Iran has been given a captured British anti-tank missile by Russia in exchange for unmanned drones used to attack Ukraine, The Telegraph understands.
The Kremlin handed over £120 million in cash along with state-of-the-art British and US weaponry seized from Ukrainian troops to pay for the drones, a security source has claimed.
The cash and weapons were flown into an airport in Tehran on a Russian military aircraft in the early hours of August 20, Sky News reported on Tuesday night.
On board the Russian military cargo plane were a British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile and a US Stinger anti-aircraft missile. Satellite imagery showed two Russian aircraft at Mehrabad airport at 1.17am, having flown in under the cover of darkness. The aircraft remained at the airport for around three hours before taking off.