Iran has denied allegations by Western countries that it has supplied short-range missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine and pledged to respond to new sanctions imposed by a trio of European states.

The governments of France, Germany and Britain condemned the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, said they would cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran and work towards sanctioning airline Iran Air.

“This act is an escalation by both Iran and Russia, and is a direct threat to European security,” said a joint statement from the three countries.

Russians trained on Fath 360:

In August it was reported that Russians were training in Iran, after purchasing Fath-360 missiles. Dozens of Russian military personnel were being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, Reuters claimed, adding that European Intel agencies expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Russian defence ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract on Dec. 13 in Tehran with Iranian officials for the Fath-360 and another ballistic missile system built by Iran’s government-owned Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) called the Ababil.
Russian personnel had visited Iran to learn how to operate the Fath-360 defence system, which launches missiles with a maximum range of 120 km (75 miles) and a warhead of 150 kg.

Fath 360: With 30 to 120 km (19 to 75 mi) of range, each can carry a 150 kg (330 lb)
warhead and be launched with the speed of Mach 3 (1020 m/s). Then they connect
to satellites for rapid homing and hit their targets with the speed of Mach 4 (1361
m/s).
Reports also say that Fath-360 has been used to attack the positions of KDPI (pro-
Kurdistan party) in Northern Iraq on September 28, 2022