Iran begins shipment of ballistic missiles to Russia Iran has sent Russia 400 “highly accurate” ballistic missiles in an escalation of military cooperation between the two US-sanctioned nations. According to reports, the powerful surface-to-surface missiles include many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, which are capable of hitting targets 186 to 435 miles away. The shipment began in early January, sources told Reuters, after the deal was finalised in meetings late last year in Tehran and Moscow. An anonymous Iranian military official told the outlet that there have...