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...

Jan 19, 2025 · President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has ...

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...

3 days ago · 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 ...

Jan 18, 2025 · Iran has been fueling Russia’s drone war in Ukraine. While Moscow and Tehran have shared warmer relations for decades, a revival of the nations’ allyship occurred when the former invaded Kyiv ...

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...

Nov 5, 2022 · As Russia loses territory, thousands of troops, and massive amounts of weaponry in its war in Ukraine, Iran is now returning the favor, a senior Biden Administration official told me this week....