What is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard doing in Myanmar?
Jan 20, 2022 · Iranian planes landing in Myanmar have raised speculation of secretive military-to-military cooperation, including possible sensitive Iranian weapons sales amid rising international calls to impose an arms embargo on the rights-abusing junta.
Myanmar Junta Turns to Iran for Missiles and Drones - The …
May 26, 2023 · One of the flights delivered a consignment of 21 boxes thought to contain military drones and engines. The sight of Iranian cargo planes landing in Myanmar’s capital has also sparked speculation they are supplying the junta with …
Foreign relations of Myanmar - Wikipedia
Historically strained, Myanmar's foreign relations, particularly with Western nations, have improved since 2012. Relations became strained once more in 2017 with the Rohingya genocide and due to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
Myanmar’s Escalating Crisis: A Year in Review and the Road Ahead
3 days ago · Myanmar's post-coup conflict has now stretched into its fourth year, with no resolution in sight. Far from subsiding, the conflict has escalated dramatically. Last year was particularly devastating for the Myanmar military, marking its worst losses in history. The fall of key military strongholds in Lashio and Ann stands as the most significant events but is only part of a broader pattern of ...
Leader of Japanese crime syndicate pleads guilty to conspiring to ...
Jan 8, 2025 · The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons.
Desperation Diplomacy: How Myanmar Junta Looked Abroad as It …
Dec 24, 2024 · As of 2024, Myanmar has diplomatic ties with 126 countries and missions in 37 countries. However, the junta’s top brass, including its boss Min Aung Hlaing, can only travel to a handful of countries. Among them are fellow ASEAN members like Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, as well as its two giant neighbors, China and India.
UN human rights body backs measures against Myanmar and …
Apr 4, 2024 · The U.N.'s leading human rights body agreed Thursday, April 4, 2024, to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their own people.
Tehran Meeting Stokes Fears Iran Arming Myanmar Junta - The …
Jun 26, 2024 · As the Myanmar military regime expands ties with Middle Eastern countries, junta Foreign Minister Than Swe joined the 19th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) ministerial meeting on Monday in the Iranian capital Tehran, holding separate talks with his Iranian counterpart Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani on promoting bilateral ties.
Myanmar's worst violence since the military takeover is …
Apr 4, 2024 · The U.N.'s leading human rights body agreed Thursday, April 4, 2024, to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their own people.
IRAN - MYANMAR Burmese junta uses Iranian missiles and …
May 26, 2023 · Tehran (AsiaNews) - Since the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, which led to the overthrow of the democratic government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, now under arrest, relations between...