SBU: Iranian general, who taught occupants to use “Shaheds” and coordinated attacks, is served a notice of suspicion
Kyiv • UNN
An Iranian general who, according to the SBU, trained Russians to use Shahed drones against Ukraine and coordinated 20 attacks, was served with a notice of suspicion in absentia.
The Security Service of Ukraine reported that together with the Prosecutor General's Office, an Iranian general who "taught racists to attack Ukraine with ‘Shaheds’ and personally coordinated 20 attacks" was served with a notice of suspicion in absentia, UNN reports.
The Security Service has collected evidence against Brigadier General of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Sharifi Molasarei Abbas Musa, who is involved in Russia's war against Ukraine. According to the investigation, he directly assisted the command of the Russian occupation groups in conducting air strikes against Ukraine using Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles
According to the proceedings, "the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps transferred at least 1,500 Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 combat drones to Russia in August-September 2022," the special service said.
"At the same time, in 2022, General Sharifi Molasarei Abbasu Musa personally came to the temporarily occupied Crimea and brought a group of Iranian UAV instructors with him," the SBU said.
According to the intelligence service, it was "under his leadership at the training grounds of the peninsula" that specialized units of the Russian armed forces were trained in the combat use of the drones.
"Subsequently, the Iranian general, together with his subordinate instructors, coordinated the actions of the Russian occupiers to launch Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 at the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine," the SBU said.
During September-October 2022 alone, the aggressor, according to the SBU, carried out at least 20 series of massive attacks by Iranian UAVs on Ukrainian targets.
Based on the evidence collected, the SBU investigators and prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office notified Sharifa Molasarey Abbas Musa in absentia of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Art. 27, Art. 28, Part 2, Part 2, Art. 437 (aiding and abetting in the conduct of aggressive war committed by prior conspiracy); Art. 2, Art. 28, Part 1, Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war stipulated by international treaties ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).
"Comprehensive measures are underway to bring the offender to justice for war crimes against our state," the SBU said.