Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of reports that Iran is preparing to supply Russia with short-range ballistic missiles to be used against Ukraine.

The UK condemns Iranian support for the Russian military campaign in Ukraine and has made this clear to Iran. Iran's supply of drones violates UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and the supply of ballistic missiles to Russia would represent a significant escalation. We support Ukraine's request for a UN investigation into the Iranian transfers and have repeatedly raised the issue of transfers at the UN, most recently on 19 December alongside both France and Germany. The UK also adopted new sanctions in October and December alongside the EU against Iranian individuals and entities involved in these transfers.