G7 foreign ministers’ statement condemning Iran’s export and Russia’s procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles

The Group of Seven wealthy nations condemned in the “strongest possible terms” on Saturday Iran’s export and Russia’s acquirement of Iranian ballistic missiles.

“We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the EU, condemn in the strongest possible terms Iran’s export and Russia’s procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles,” the group said in a statement.

The statement underlined that continued evidence of Tehran supplying weapons to Russia, despite numerous international appeals to stop, marks a significant escalation in Iran’s military backing of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine.