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on september 6, us media quoted us and european officials as saying that iran "ignored warnings from western countries" and provided russia with short-range ballistic missiles for use in the russian-ukrainian battlefield. iran denied this, saying that iran did not provide weapons to any party in the russian-ukrainian conflict and called on other countries to stop doing so.

the wall street journal reported on the 6th that iran was exposed in august to have planned to deliver hundreds of fateh-360 short-range ballistic missiles to russia, and subsequently received warnings from the united states and western countries. but recently, a us official confirmed that the ballistic missiles from iran "have been delivered" to russia.

earlier this year, iran launched missiles during military exercises

sean savett, a spokesman for the national security council, said the united states and its nato allies and g7 partners "are prepared to respond swiftly and severely to iran" if it proceeds with such weapons transfers to russia.

"since the beginning of the russia-ukraine conflict, we have raised alarms about the deepening defense and security partnership between russia and iran," savit said. "any ballistic missiles provided by iran to russia would represent a significant escalation in iran's support for russia."

iran's permanent representative to the united nations said in a statement, "iran's position on the ukrainian conflict remains unchanged...iran believes that providing military assistance to all parties to the conflict is inhumane. this will lead to increased casualties, damage to infrastructure and further delays in ceasefire negotiations."

"therefore, iran not only refrains from participating in such actions itself, but also calls on other countries to stop supplying weapons to the parties to the conflict," the statement said.

in addition, as of now, the ukrainian government has not publicly reported the discovery of any iranian missile wreckage or fragments on the battlefield.

the russian embassy in washington declined to comment.

(editor: liu zhenzhen)