The SSU has collected evidence against brigadier general of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Sharifi Molasarei Abbas Mousa, involved in russia’s war against Ukraine.

According to the investigation, he directly assisted the command of the russian occupation groupings in conducting air strikes against Ukraine using Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps transferred at least 1,500 Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 combat drones to russia in August-September 2022.

In 2022, general Sharifi Molasarei Abbas Mousa personally came to the temporarily occupied Crimea and brought a group of Iranian UAV instructors.

It was under his leadership that the specialized units of the russian armed forces were trained in combat use of the drones on the training grounds in Crimea.

Subsequently, the Iranian general, together with his subordinate instructors, coordinated the actions of the russian occupiers to launch Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 at Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.

During September-October 2022 alone, the aggressor carried out at least 20 series of massive attacks with Iranian UAVs against Ukrainian targets.

Based on the evidence, SSU investigators and prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office notified Sharifi Molasarei Abbas Mousa of suspicion in absentia under the Articles of the CCU:

• 27, 28.2, 437.2 (aiding and abetting in the conduct of an aggressive war, upon prior conspiracy, by a group);
• 28.2, 438.1 (violation of laws and customs of war, stipulated by international treaties ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).

Efforts are underway to bring the Iranian general to justice for war crimes against Ukraine.