Shahed 136

Pro-Ukrainian claims

 * White House: Iran set to deliver armed drones to Russia - AP, July 11, 2022
 * White House: Russian officials visited Iran to see drones - AAMER MADHANI and JON GAMBRELL, - AP, July 16, 2021
 * White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement that the administration has “information that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with several hundred UAVs.” UAVs are unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. “We assess an official Russian delegation recently received a showcase of Iranian attack-capable UAVs. We are releasing these images captured in June showing Iranian UAVs that the Russian government delegation saw that day,” Sullivan added. “This suggests ongoing Russian interest in acquiring Iranian attack-capable UAVs.”


 * First on CNN: Russians have begun training on Iranian drones, US believes - Natasha Bertrand, CNN, August 9, 2021
 * Iranian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones Already Used By russia (First Photos And Specs) - Defense Express, September 13, 2022
 * Shahed-136 is an Iranian kamikaze drone, which russia tried to disguise under the name M412 Geran-2 in Ukraine


 * Iranian attack drones have reached the battlefield, Ukraine’s military says(Mirrored) - New York Times, September 18, 2022
 * In its first use in Ukraine, the Iranian drone blew up a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer used by the Ukrainian military, Col. Rodion Kulagin, commander of artillery operations in the Kharkiv counteroffensive, said in an interview.

Iranian multi-laucher
The footage is from Great Phophet 17 exercises (ISWNews) December, 2021
 * Video Twitter @UkrainianNews24 - also @mjbrodka -This video is from Iran’s NOBLE PROPHET 17 exercise in early ‘22. It shows a combined ballistic missile and one way attack UAV strike using a #shahed136 multi launcher. These Iranian drones are used by the Houthis and now operated by Russia in Ukraine.
 * 'Great Prophet 17,' Iran Showers Ballistic Missiles On Mockup Of Israel's Dimona Reactor In 5-day Drill - Meera Surash, International Business Times, September 29, 2021
 * The report quoted Iran’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, who claimed the drill included the simultaneous launch of 16 ballistic missiles as well as 10 Shahed-136 loitering munitions or "suicide drones."

Pro-Russian claims

 * Russian troops used the Geran-2 kamikaze drone against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, similar to Iranian drones Shahed-136 - Soldat.Pro, September 13, 2022
 * Unmanned Mystery. Loitering ammunition "Geran-2" - TopWar, September 15, 2022

Criticism/rebuttals of claims

 * About Iranian "UAVs" - Andrei Martyanov, August 10, 2022
 * Moscow responds to claims it received Iranian drones - RT News, August 30, 2022
 * No, Iran Will Not Deliver Armed Drones To Russia - Moon of Alabama, July 11, 2022
 * The Washington Post notes the weird timing of Sullivan's claims thereby hinting that it was made for purely political purposes which have nothing to do with Russia


 * See also twitter thread by @yarbatman

Official Iranian statements

 * Iranian top diplomat denies selling drones to Russia - First Channel News, July 13, 2022
 * Iran responds to Ukraine diplomatic demotion over Russia drones - Al Jazeera, September 24, 2022
 * American officials have claimed since July that Tehran was preparing to sell “hundreds” of the aircraft to Moscow, and later said Iran also trained Russian pilots on how to use the drones. Iran’s foreign ministry previously rejected the claims, saying the country will not assist either side of the war,...


 * Iran opposes war, sends no arms to any side of Ukraine war: FM Amir-Abdollahian - PressTV, October 9, 2022