Iran is claimed to have supplied Russia with hundreds of ballistic missiles capable of striking targets up to 700 km (435 miles) away. While both Iranian and Ukrainian officials have downplayed such reports, the initiation of Iranian missile transfers to Moscow would be a major shift. It would signify a leap in Iranian military cooperation with Russia, along with the possible beginning of a new round of tension between the Islamic Republic and the west.

To learn more about the significance of potential Iranian missile transfers and what they may herald, Amwaj.media spoke with Fabian Hinz, Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Hinz has extensively covered the drone and missile programs of Iran and its allies in the...