The Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), an entity overseeing an industrial campus in Russia’s Tatarstan region, operates a drone plant under contract with the Russian military to manufacture Iranian-designed Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
On October 1, Iran carried out a second large-scale missile attack against Israel. Although the operation differed in meaningful ways from Iran’s first missile attack on Israel in April, the result was largely the same, further underscoring some key limitations for the country's conventional missile program.
How quickly could Iran get enough fissile material for a small nuclear arsenal? This timetable estimates how quickly Iran could amass enough weapons-grade uranium for five bombs. Once it has the enriched uranium, however, it could take at least several months to turn it into a working weapon.
In this episode of Iran Watch Listen, we sat down with Hanna Notte and Jim Lamson to discuss the history of Iran and Russia’s military relationship, how it has changed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and areas where both countries might benefit from deeper cooperation in the future.