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🚨 Why would a satellite procurement official be targeted? Satellite communications, procurement networks, and technology transfers have become increasingly important to the Islamic Republic’s military, intelligence, and censorship infrastructure. While there is no public evidence linking this specific case to foreign programs, Iran has long relied on cooperation with... show more

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Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of Iran: China and Russia are supporting us politically and otherwise. Military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not a secret. [Q]:Are your allies, Russia and China, helping you? Well, they are supporting us politically and otherwise. [Q]: Are they supporting you militarily? [Foreign Minister]: Well, military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not a secret. We have worked with each other in the past, and that has continued and will continue, I guess. [Q]: And they are actively helping you in this war? [Foreign Minister]: Well, they have always helped us. [Q]: So I'm going to understand that to mean yes, that they are actively assisting you in this war? [Foreign Minister]: Well, I'm not going to give the details of our cooperation with other countries right in the middle of the war.

Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of Iran: China and Russia are supporting us politically and otherwise. Military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not a secret. [Q]:Are your allies, Russia and China, helping you? Well, they are supporting us politically and otherwise. [Q]: Are they supporting you militarily? [Foreign Minister]: Well, military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not a secret. We have worked with each other in the past, and that has continued and will continue, I guess. [Q]: And they are actively helping you in this war? [Foreign Minister]: Well, they have always helped us. [Q]: So I'm going to understand that to mean yes, that they are actively assisting you in this war? [Foreign Minister]: Well, I'm not going to give the details of our cooperation with other countries right in the middle of the war.

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