Iran has purchased Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Monday, amid Western concerns about Tehran and Moscow's growing military cooperation.

Iran has acquired Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets from Russia, as confirmed on Monday by a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. O post Senior Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Confirms Purchase of Sukhoi SU-35 Jets from Russia apareceu primeiro em TechBreak.

Just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, Russia and Iran have finally signed a “comprehensive partnership agreement,” a deal that had been in the works for months.

A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that the country has purchased Russian Su-35 fighter jets, amid growing Western concerns over Tehran’s military cooperation with Moscow. This marks the first official acknowledgment from an Iranian official regarding the acquisition of these advanced jets.

The presidents of Russia and Iran have held talks in the Kremlin before the signing of a broad cooperation pact to deepen their partnership amid stinging Western sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.

Russia said a comprehensive strategic partnership will be signed between the countries during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's visit to Moscow on Friday

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Iranian counterpart President Masoud Pezeshkian for the signing of a broad partnership pact

The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together.

Russia and Iran plan to sign a new 20-year treaty, and it is missing a key element in its territorial integrity clause: Crimea.

The necessity of entering into agreements with third countries to sustain the war challenges the Kremlin’s notion of military superiority.

While Moscow and Tehran have shared warmer relations for decades, a revival of the nations’ allyship occurred when the former invaded Kyiv.