Mossad Chief Warns of Iran’s Plans to Supply Russia With ‘Advanced Weapons’

Mossad director David Barnea warned Thursday of the “dangerous and threatening processes” on the part of Iran to “deepen and expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia.”

“In recent months, we have identified dangerous, threatening, some defiant processes on the part of Iran,” Barnea said during a medal ceremony in Yerushalayim. “Iran is radicalizing and increasing its attempts to carry out terrorist attacks, which we suppress every day, all over the world. … We also warn today of Iran’s future intentions, which they are trying to keep secret, to deepen and expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia.”

It has been widely reported that Iran is supplying Russia with ballistic missiles as well as drones, which was corroborated by Tehran and which Moscow has reportedly used in its invasion of Ukraine.

Barnea also warned of Iran’s intention to “expand its uranium enrichment project and … intensify attacks on friendly Muslim countries in the region in various ways,” vowing that the Islamic Republic “will not have nuclear weapons, not in the coming years, never, this is my commitment, this is the Mossad’s commitment.”

At the event, Barnea awarded certificates of merit to twelve outstanding and distinguished spy agents alongside President Yitzchak Herzog in what was the 13th-edition of the ceremony that is held to praise the extraordinary contribution of Mossad members to the security of Israel.

Earlier on Thursday, Iran’s IRNA state news agency announced that four Israeli Mossad spy teams were arrested, claiming they were “taking advantage of the riots” there. The Islamic Republic has seen waves of protests since the September death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s so-called “morality” police.

“We have clear evidence that the ongoing protests are challenging the regime in Iran. We clearly see the regime – supposedly strong – surprised and scared,” Barnea said, adding that he saw “great importance in the role of the Mossad to pave the way for normalization and peace with other countries in the region and beyond.”