• Iran is helping the Houthis try to secure Russian anti-ship missiles, Reuters reported.
  • These could improve their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and threaten US warships, an expert said.
  • Two officials said Houthis met Russians twice in Tehran this year, and more meetings are coming.

Iran is helping the Houthi rebels try to secure Russian anti-ship missiles, Reuters reported, citing three Western and regional sources.

Two regional officials aware of the talks said the Houthis and Russians have met at least twice this year in Tehran, where discussions to supply the missiles were underway.

They added that more meetings are expected in the coming weeks.


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  • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    If any tanker tried to defy US sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, or Russia it would be sunk the same way.

    Do you know what sanctions are?

    Do you realize that there are countless tankers going to ALL of those countries, at this very moment, and have been for decades?

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      Yes none of the current sanctions regimes constitute a complete embargo. That does not change the underlying logic that they are enforced by violence.

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        Can you give an example of a time when any of those sanctions was enforced by violence?

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          Whenever someone is convicted of criminal export and trade sanction violations they are subject to 20 years in prison.

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        Yes none of the current sanctions regimes constitute a complete embargo. That does not change the underlying logic that they are enforced by violence.

        … so you don’t know what sanctions are. Or, for that matter, an embargo.