ＥＵ、イラン製ミサイルの対ロ移転情報を共有 「重大な結果」もたらすと米警告

【ベルギーＡＦＰ＝時事】欧州連合（ＥＵ）欧州委員会は９日、イランがロシアに弾道ミサイルを提供していることを示す「信頼できる」情報を同盟国間で共有していると述べた。米国はこの問題について、「重大な結果」をもたらすと警告した。（写真は資料写真）
　欧州委のペテル・スタノ報道官（外交・安全保障政策担当）は、「イランの弾道ミサイルがロシアに提供されていることを示す、同盟国からもたらされた信頼できる情報について承知している」と表明。「われわれは加盟国とともに調査を進め、事実が確認されれば、ウクライナに対するロシアの違法な侵略戦争へのイランの支援が大幅に拡大していることを意味するものとなる」と語った。
　その上で、「ＥＵの各指導者は立場を常に明確にしてきた。ＥＵは域外パートナー国と連携して迅速に行動する。それにはイランに対する新規かつ重大な制限措置の導入も含まれるということだ」と述べた。
　米国務省のベダント・パテル報道官も記者団に対し、「イラン製弾道ミサイルの対ロシア移転は侵略戦争に向けたイランの支援が劇的にエスカレートすることを意味する」とし、そうした動きに対しては「重大な結果をもたらす用意があることをわれわれは明確にしてきている」と語った。
　この問題についてイラン外務省のナセル・カナニ報道官は、「イランが戦争の一方の当事国に兵器を輸出しているとの主張を強く否定する」と述べた。ロシアは明確に否定していない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/09/10-17:33）

The European Union said Monday its allies had shared credible intelligence that Iran had supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, a move Washington warned would be met with significant consequences.
The claim was rejected by Tehran but not explicitly denied by the Kremlin. EU and US officials said that, if true, it would constitute a major escalation of Iran's support for Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.
US media outlets reported last week that Washington believed Iran had transferred the weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, citing anonymous sources.
We are aware of the credible information provided by allies on the delivery of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, EU spokesman Peter Stano said.
We are looking further into it with our member states and if confirmed, this delivery would represent a substantive material escalation in Iran's support for Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
Stano added that the EU leaders' unanimous position has always been clear. The European Union will respond swiftly and in coordination with international partners, including with new and significant restrictive measures against Iran.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said during a weekly press conference: We strongly reject the claims on Iran's role in exporting arms to one side of the war.
The West has been warning Tehran against sending Russia missiles for months, and the EU has already repeatedly hit Iran with sanctions for supplying drones to Moscow for the war in Ukraine.
Any transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia would represent a dramatic escalation in Iran's support for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told journalists.
We have been clear... that we're prepared to deliver significant consequences.
- 'Severe' response -
The Kremlin did not issue a denial on Monday when asked specifically about the Wall Street Journal report that Iran had sent missiles.
We have seen this report, it is not every time that this kind of information is true, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Iran is our important partner, we are developing our trade and economic relations, we are developing our cooperation and dialogue in all possible areas, including the most sensitive areas.
The United States had previously said any deliveries would invoke a severe response and damage Tehran's efforts to improve relations with the West following the election of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as president.
Faced with punishing Western sanctions, Moscow has turned to Iran and North Korea for weapons supplies to keep its war machine going in Ukraine.
Ukraine says it has been attacked with Iranian-designed Shahed drones on an almost daily basis from Russia and has found fragments of North Korean missiles on its territory.
The Kremlin has once again stepped up its bombing campaign against Ukraine's key infrastructure ahead of winter.
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