An Iranian Bavar-373 anti-aircraft missile system is reportedly among weapons supplied by Iran to Russia for the invasion of Ukraine


Iran is supplying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with munitions and military hardware, according to members of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias and “regional intelligence services with knowledge of the process”.

The sources said rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles, and Brazilian-designed rocket launcher systems are being sent from Iraq.

An Iranian-made Bavar 373 missile system, similar to the Russian S-300, has been delivered to Moscow. Iranian officials returned an S-300 which it had received from Russia.

The RPGs and anti-tank missiles were held by Hashd al-Shaabi, the Iran-backed militia in Iraq. They were taken to Iran through the Salamja border crossing on March 26, received by the Iranian military, and moved to Russia by sea.

Ḥashd al-Shaabi dismantled and dispatched two Brazilian-designed Astros II rocket launcher systems to Iran on April 1.

Three cargo ships which could carry the weapons –– two Russian-flagged and one Iranian-flagged ––crossed the Caspian Sea from Iran’s port of Bandar Anzali to Astrakhan, a Russian city on the Volga Delta in the timeframe given for the deliveries.

A Hashd al-Shaabi member said, “We don’t care where the heavy weapons go. Whatever is anti-US makes us happy.”

Western military and intelligence services estimate that 29 of Russia’s 125 invading battalion tactical groups are now “combat non-ineffective” in Ukraine.