The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has warned that Iran plans to hand over more weapons to Russia, while Tehran continues to deny it supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
David Barnea, head of the Mossad, spoke to employees at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, stressing that his agency “continues to warn about Iran’s future and intentions, which it is trying to keep secret,” including Tehran’s efforts to “deepen and expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia.”
Iran has allegedly provided weapons to Moscow in recent months, starting with a shipment of Shahed-136 “Kamikaze” drones. Tehran has repeatedly denied supplying Russia with weapons, saying it “has not and will not.”
But Barnea said in a speech to his agency employees that they had shared intelligence with Western allies earlier this year that showed Iran planned to share the drones with Russia, with plans to prepare more deliveries in the coming months, Iran International reported.
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Barnea also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, an “absurd” deal, echoing criticism voiced by Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – JUNE 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) attends the swearing-in ceremony for David Barnea (C) as the new head of the Israeli national intelligence service, Mossad in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 1, 2021. Yossi Cohen (L), the outgoing head of Mossad, also attended the ceremony.
(Photo by GPO/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
In an earlier Fox News Digital interview, Netanyahu said the deal is “probably dead” after “the whole world saw what the true face of this regime is.”
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“We warn of Iran’s intention to expand its uranium enrichment program and its intention to increase its influence over friendly Muslim countries in the region in various ways,” Barnea said.
FILE – This undated photo released by the Ukrainian military’s Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as a downed Iranian Shahed drone near Kupiansk, Ukraine. As protests continue at home, Iran’s theocratic government is increasingly displaying its military might abroad. That includes supplying Russia with drones that are now killing Ukrainian civilians, holding drills in a region bordering Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Ukrainian Army Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, File)
(Ukrainian Army Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, File)
Iran has reportedly reached 60% uranium enrichment at its Fordow enrichment plant, marking a dangerous step toward the country’s goal of obtaining nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had informed the agency that it had begun enriching uranium to the highest levels.
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Weapons require 90% purity, but the level achieved by Iran far exceeds the 20% produced before the 2015 nuclear deal, meaning the country far exceeded the 3.67% limit required by the deal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran on July 19, 2022.
(President’s website/WANA (West Asian News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
“Is this the country that the free world wants to sign an agreement with?” Barnea asked. “Our eyes will remain open, we will be doubly alert.”
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“I reiterate my promise, as I said here also last year, that Iran will have no nuclear weapons… ever. This is my commitment, this is the institution’s commitment.”
