British media reported that Russia had secretly sent 140 million euros in cash (about NT$4.4 billion) and seized Western anti-tank weapons to Iran in exchange for drones.

The picture shows the Shahed-136 suicide drone.

(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, and Iran has only recently admitted to providing Russian suicide drones to help it fight in Ukraine.

However, British media reported that Russia had secretly sent 140 million euros in cash (about NT$4.4 billion) and a large number of seized Western anti-tank weapons to Iran in exchange for these drones.

British media "SkyNews" reported today (9) that, according to a security source, Russia sent 140 million euros in cash and seized Western weapons to Iran in exchange for drones.

The seized Western weapons include Swedish-made NLAW anti-tank missiles, American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles (FGM-148 Javelin) and American-made Stinger man-portable anti-aircraft missiles (FIM-92 Stinger).

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Sources said that Russia sent two Ilyushin-76 (Il-76) transport planes to execute the transaction on August 20. The two transport planes arrived at Tehran Airport in Iran at 3:00 a.m. local time. The two transport planes left shortly after the captured Western weapons were handed over to Iran.

At least one of the transport planes was carrying drones provided by Iran, the sources said.

The source also mentioned that Iran provided Russia with 100 Shahed-136 suicide drones, 60 Shahed-131 suicide drones and 6 Mohajer-6 reconnaissance drones in this batch of transactions.

The captured Western weapons provided by Russia will help Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reverse engineer similar weapons.