Israel gave dozens of countries intel on Iran arms transfers to Russia — report

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Israel gives dozens of countries intel on Iran’s arms transfers to Russia — reportIsraelis said to be lobbying allies through local missions to increase pressure on Tehran, according to AxiosIsrael has provided intelligence to dozens of Western countries and NATO about Iran’s weapons transfers to Moscow to support its war on Ukraine, and has been lobbying allies to put pressure on Tehran, according to a new report.Jerusalem began supplying intelligence to allies on the arms sales in late October via its embassies in world capitals, Axios reported on Wednesday citing unnamed officials and Israeli Foreign Ministry cables, in a move that “represents a change in Israeli behavior around Iran’s role in the war in Ukraine.”According to the report, Israel’s intel-sharing with allies on the matter did not include active lobbying until last month, as the Israelis have walked a fine line to avoid tensions with Russia.Separately, Israel’s ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Ben Zvi, brought up the issue with the Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, last week to present Israel’s mounting concerns, the report added.Tehran later admitted sending drones but insisted they were supplied to its ally before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February.US and other spy agencies reported in late summer that Iran delivered its first shipments to Moscow of the Mohajer-6, a surveillance and combat drone capable of carrying four precision-guided munitions, and two types of Shahed drones: the Shahed-129, a long endurance drone that appears to be based on a combination of the Israeli Hermes 450 and the US MQ-1/9 Predator drone, and the Shahed-191, a stealth drone developed from the RQ-170 captured by Iran in 2011, according to the Aviationist."

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