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Kremlin Declines to Comment on US Suggestion That Russia May Get Ballistic Missiles from Iran

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2023. (Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2023. (Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters)
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Kremlin Declines to Comment on US Suggestion That Russia May Get Ballistic Missiles from Iran

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2023. (Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2023. (Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters)

The Kremlin declined on Wednesday to comment on a suggestion by White House spokesman John Kirby that Iran may be considering providing Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.

"We are developing relations with Iran, including in the field of military-technical cooperation, but we do not comment on this information," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a regular news briefing.

Kirby said the United States would monitor the situation between Iran and Russia, and take appropriate action as needed.

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Fire at Hospital in Iran’s North Kills 9 Patients

The Iranian flag. (AFP)
The Iranian flag. (AFP)
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Fire at Hospital in Iran’s North Kills 9 Patients

The Iranian flag. (AFP)
The Iranian flag. (AFP)

A fire broke out at a hospital in Iran's north, killing nine patients, state media reported Tuesday.

The blaze started at 1:30 local time (2200GMT) at Qaem Hospital in the city of Rasht, some 330 kilometers (about 205 miles) northwest of the capital Tehran, state TV said, leaving six women and three men dead.

Chief of the city fire department, Shahram Momeni, said on state TV that an electric short circuit in the basement — which harbors the intensive care unit — malfunctioned, causing the fire.

Momeni said emergency workers rescued more than 140 people, patients and hospital staff, after being trapped because of the smoke, and that 120 of them were hospitalized in other medical facilities. He added that an investigation has been ordered.

A video posted online appeared to show smoke billowing from the hospital in the middle of the night.

Iranian media occasionally report on fires in hospitals and clinics that are mainly blamed on technical issues.

In 2020, an explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran killed 19 people.