Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers
Deal based on Russian defense industry documents, with China also ordering launchers.
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Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers
Photograph: unn.ua (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Russia will supply Iran with 90 APU-L and APU-305 missile launchers.
- The launchers are designed for the 'Izdelije 305' guided missile, used by Russian forces in Ukraine.
- China has ordered 192 APU-305 launchers from Russia.
- The information comes from Russian defense industry production documents reviewed by the Financial Times.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 14 of the 21 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
60/100
Hype
45/100
21 sources · methodology
Russia has agreed to supply Iran with 90 APU-L and APU-305 missile launchers. These systems are designed for the 'Izdelije 305' guided missile, a weapon Russian forces have used in Ukraine. The agreement is based on Russian defense industry production documents reviewed by the Financial Times. The same documents indicate that China has ordered 192 APU-305 launchers from Russia.
Disagreement on missile details
While most reports state the launchers are for the 'Izdelije 305' missile, one digest from unn.ua specifies that the launchers are for 'Virib 305' guided missiles. This same digest also states the missiles are capable of hitting moving targets up to 14 kilometers away and are launched from Mi-28 helicopters.
What the coverage left out
None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention the specific defense companies involved in the production or the request for accelerated component delivery, details present in the unn.ua full report.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 5 Nov 2026, 13:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
4 rated outlets
- Four left-rated reports focused on Russia's agreement to supply Iran with 90 launchers for missiles used against Ukraine. These reports highlighted that the 'Izdelije 305' missile is employed by Russian forces in the conflict. Digests from unn.ua, United24, rbc.ua, and censor.net all carried this information. The unn.ua full report also detailed that the launchers are for APU-L and APU-305 systems and that China has ordered 192 APU-305 launchers.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- Two centre-rated reports highlighted Russia's deepening military partnership with Iran through the sale of missile launchers. Digi 24 and Portfolio both noted that the launchers are for missiles used by Russian forces in Ukraine. Digi 24 also included a quote from Nicole Grajewski, a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, stating that the deal shows Russia's willingness to supply Iran despite its own war needs and Western objections. Portfolio's digest stated that Russia sold 90 launchers for 'Izdelije 305' guided missiles.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The single right-rated report, a digest from Korrespondent.net, mentioned that Iran already possesses Russian Mi-28 attack helicopters, which could be equipped with these weapons. The digest did not explicitly state the number of launchers or the specific missile type.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 57% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 14% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 21. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers biased?
- Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers is one event reported by 21 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Russia to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers?
- 21 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What weapons is Russia supplying to Iran?
- Russia has agreed to supply Iran with 90 APU-L and APU-305 missile launchers. These are designed for the 'Izdelije 305' guided missile, which Russian forces have used in Ukraine.
- What other country is buying missile launchers from Russia?
- China has also ordered 192 APU-305 launchers from Russia, according to the same Russian defense industry production documents that revealed the deal with Iran.
- How was this information obtained?
- The details of the agreement were revealed by the Financial Times, which reviewed Russian defense industry production documents. These documents outline production schedules for 2024-2025.
Read it at the source
21 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
4- Russia Agreed to Supply Iran 90 Launchers for Missiles Used Against Ukraine (opens United24 in a new tab)
- Russia Agrees to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Installations (opens unn.ua in a new tab)
- Russia Will Hand over 90 Missile Launchers to Iran, (opens rbc.ua in a new tab)
- Russia has agreed to sell Iran 90 missile launchers that it is using in war against Ukraine, (opens censor.net in a new tab)
censor.net — is censor.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
2Right
1Not rated
14- FT: Russia Agreed to Hand over Missile Launchers for Helicopters to Iran (opens liga.net in a new tab)
- Russia Approves Shipment of 90 Missile Launchers to Iran (opens MondialNews in a new tab)
MondialNews — is MondialNews biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Is Arming Iran with Military Technology Tested in the War in Ukraine. Secret Agreement for 90 Rocket Launchers, Revealed by Financial Times (opens Mediafax in a new tab)
- FT: Russia to Deliver 90 APU-L Launchers for Virib 305 Guided Missiles to Iran (opens focus-news.net in a new tab)
focus-news.net — is focus-news.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Agrees to Supply Iran With 90 Advanced Missile Launchers Used in Ukraine War – FT (opens arabtimesonline.com in a new tab)
arabtimesonline.com — is arabtimesonline.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- FT: Russia Has Agreed to Place 90 Missile Launchers in Iran that Hit Ukraine (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- FT: Russia Has Agreed to Supply Iran with 90 Missile Launchers (opens Naftemporiki in a new tab)
Naftemporiki — is Naftemporiki biased? Our profile of this outlet
- FT: "Russia to Send 90 Missile Launch Systems to Iran" (opens indyturk.com in a new tab)
indyturk.com — is indyturk.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
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- Russia Agreed to Transfer Weapons to Iran that It Used Against the Armed Forces (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Russia: Deepens Relations with Iran with Missile Launcher Deal (opens OnAlert in a new tab)
- Russia to Provide Iran with 90 Installations to Launch Guided Missiles From Helicopters: Details Revealed in FT (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Iran Is Getting Closer and Closer to Russia. Cooperation with Moscow, Essential for the Survival of Tehran's Regime (opens Gândul in a new tab)
Gândul — is Gândul biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Russia Has Asked for Reinforcements for Iran with a Deal for 90 Missile Launchers (opens banker.bg in a new tab)
- Russia Has Agreed to Place 90 Launchers in Iran (opens tvrain.tv in a new tab)
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