A rift is reportedly emerging between allies Russia and Iran, after Tehran feels it’s gotten shortchanged in strongman Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.

Moscow inked a $1.75 billion weapons deal with the Islamic Republic in 2023 — called at the time “a covert partnership” — to get the designs to domestically produce Iran’s infamous Shahed drones, which it had been importing since launching its full-scale invasion on Ukraine a year earlier.

But Tehran has been growing increasingly frustrated with the little backing it’s received from Russia since, CNN reported , citing a Western intelligence source. 4

The resentment hit a high note during the Islamic Republic’s 12-day war with Israel in June , when Tehran was expecting more than just words from its ally.

Russian officials

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