{"id":265820,"date":"2023-03-03T08:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=265820"},"modified":"2023-03-05T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T08:40:42","slug":"israel-fears-russia-will-supply-s-400s-to-iran-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=265820","title":{"rendered":"Israel fears Russia will supply S-400s to Iran &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>i24 &#8212; March 2, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_140012\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/S-400-capable-of-intercepting-in-bound-cruise-missiles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140012\" class=\"wp-image-140012 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/S-400-capable-of-intercepting-in-bound-cruise-missiles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">S-400 capable of intercepting in bound cruise missiles. Russia has S-400 anti-missile systems deployed in Syria and they would be used to intercept incoming missiles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Russia has offered Iran &#8216;unprecedented defense cooperation, including in the field of missiles, electronics and air defense&#8217;<\/p>\n<p data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Iran is seeking sophisticated new air defense systems from Russia that Israeli officials say would reduce the window of a potential attack on Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program, media reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the issue.<\/p>\n<p data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Israeli and American sources told\u00a0<em data-is=\"component-italic\">Bloomberg News\u00a0<\/em>that<em data-is=\"component-italic\">\u00a0<\/em>the prospect of Tehran obtaining these S-400 systems would speed up the decision on a possible attack on Iranian nuclear sites. Russia has not said publicly whether it will supply the weapons, but Moscow and Tehran have grown closer since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-is=\"component-paragraph\">It would then take less than two years for the S-400s delivered to Iran to be operational.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fRussia is turning to North Korea and Iran for weapons, we are also concerned that China may transfer weapons to Russia \u2014 NATO Secretary General <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xX3OX60LQr\">pic.twitter.com\/xX3OX60LQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; War Monitor (@WarMonitors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarMonitors\/status\/1630532405596389377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This Russian air defense system, which can hit air targets at a distance of up to 155 miles, would create a &#8220;red zone for high-altitude aircraft,&#8221; according to experts.<\/p>\n<p data-is=\"component-paragraph\">\u201cThe more air defenses they have, the harder it is to hit them,\u201d said Yossi Kuperwasser, a former senior Israeli military intelligence official, adding: &#8220;We are analyzing the most opportune time to take action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Analysts also suggest that an open military conflict with Iran could trigger an unprecedented regional confrontation and affect the world&#8217;s oil supply. Russia has offered Iran &#8220;unprecedented defense cooperation, including in the field of missiles, electronics, and air defense&#8221; and may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/1677266679-u-s-believes-russia-might-provide-iran-with-fighter-jets\" data-is=\"component-link\">supply Tehran with fighter jets<\/a>, U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said last week.<\/p>\n<p data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Iran&#8217;s nuclear efforts have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/diplomacy\/1677701142-israeli-officials-to-visit-washington-for-discussions-on-iranian-nuclear-threat\" data-is=\"component-link\">growing concern<\/a> since international observers detected 84 percent enriched uranium there, just below the 90 percent needed to make a nuclear bomb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/1677762978-israel-fears-russia-to-supply-s-400s-to-iran-report\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prospect of Tehran obtaining S-400 systems would speed up the decision on a possible Israeli and\/or U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites. It would take less than two years for the system to be operational once delivered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265823,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265820\/revisions\/265823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}