Iran recognized Ukraine as an independent sovereign state on 25 December 1991, four months after the Ukrainian SSR issued the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine amidst the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Iran has an embassy in Ukraine's Kyiv, and Ukraine has an embassy in Iran's Tehran.

Iran has supported Russia both diplomatically and militarily since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has voted against United Nations resolutions condemning Russia and has regularly delivered loitering munitions, chiefly the Shahed 131 and Shahed 136, to the Russian military.

Jan 16, 2025 · Russia’s growing ties with Iran have shaped the war in Ukraine. A new treaty raises the stakes for Trump’s administration. Link Copied! Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Iranian...

Apr 28, 2023 · New research has revealed the extent to which Iran has built a powerful weapons industry based on Western technology, and how that technology is being used by Russia against Ukrainian cities.

Jun 5, 2024 · Iranian drones are ‘a danger we’re fighting with’, a Ukrainian expert warns, as conflict rages for a third year. Kyiv, Ukraine – A Russian man who filmed a heavy drone that crashed in a field...

Sep 11, 2024 · Tehran, Iran – Ukraine’s Western allies claim Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia in a major escalation – a claim Tehran has rejected as “completely baseless and false” and...

Oct 21, 2024 · Iran has been one of Russia's few staunch allies throughout the war against Ukraine, but Tehran now faces the strain of indirectly fighting its nemesis Israel on two fronts. …

Sep 11, 2024 · In an interview with the BBC, Lammy said Iran providing Russia with ballistic missiles "clearly changes the debate" as they would allow Moscow's forces "to have further penetration into...

Jan 28, 2025 · The Russia-Iran Coalition Deepens. By Karolina Hird and Kitaneh Fitzpatrick. January 28, 2025. Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally shifted and intensified the Russo-Iranian relationship. Tehran has leveraged Moscow’s growing material and financial requirements to sustain its war effort and support Tehran’s own ...

Dec 10, 2022 · Ukraine has accused Iran of sending drones to Russia, which the Middle Eastern country denied then later admitted Russia and Iran's relationship has warmed to a fully fledged defence...