WASHINGTON, 17 July 2022, (TON): US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said “the United States believes that Russian officials visited an airfield in Iran recently to view attack-capable drones.”

The United States earlier this week said it has information that shows Iran is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred drones, including some that are weapons capable, and that Tehran is preparing to train Russian forces to use them. Iran’s foreign minister denied that.

Sullivan said in a statement “we assess an official Russian delegation recently received a showcase of Iranian attack-capable UAVs, to our knowledge, this is the first time a Russian delegation has visited this airfield for such a showcase.”

The statement included satellite imagery dated June 8 showing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles “that the Russian government delegation saw that day.”

It said “similar equipment was showcased for a second Russian visit to the airfield on July 5.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, rejected as baseless US accusations about Iranian drones being sent to Russia for use in the war against the Ukraine.