On April 4, the United States handed over weapons and ammunition to Ukrainian military personnel confiscated as part of a lawsuit against the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
This information was reported by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on their social media platform X.
Ukraine received over 5,000 AK-47 rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7 grenade launchers, and over half a million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. This quantity is sufficient to equip one brigade.
"The government obtained ownership of these munitions on December 1, 2023, through the Department of Justice’s civil forfeiture claims against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)," CENTCOM stated.
Initially, these munitions were confiscated by US military and Navy partners on four separate stateless transit vessels from May 22, 2021, to February 15, 2023. The weapons and equipment were destined from the IRGC to the Houthis in Yemen, violating a UN Security Council resolution.
"Iran’s support for armed groups threatens international and regional security, our forces, diplomatic personnel, and citizens in the region, as well as those of our partners. We will continue to do whatever we can to shed light on and stop Iran’s destabilizing activities," the statement said.
