by Mike Schuler at gCaptain
The U.S. Government has transferred a substantial quantity of seized Iranian munitions to the Ukrainian armed forces to aid in their battle against Russia’s invasion.
The transfer to Ukraine took place on April 4, 2024 and included over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s, and half a million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. The amount is sufficient to equip an entire Ukrainian Brigade with small arms rifles.
The U.S. government acquired the munitions on December 1, 2023, via the Department of Justice’s civil forfeiture claims against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
U.S. Central Command and allied naval forces seized the weaponry from four unregistered vessels in international waters between May 2021 and February 2023. The IRGC was illegally transferring these munitions to Houthi terrorist forces in Yemen, in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216.
Since 2014, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) has been arming and training the Houthis, which has enabled them to launch missile and UAV strikes against commercial shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023, threatening international commerce and freedom of navigation through the critical waterway.
Between 2015 and 2023, the U.S. and its allies intercepted at least 18 Iranian smuggling vessels,…
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