Ukraine announced it has served a notice of suspicion to an IRGC general in a case over drone supplies to Russia

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have reported that they issued a notice of suspicion to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Abdollah Mehrabi.

Kyiv claims he played a key role in transferring to Russia the production technologies and components for Shahed-136drones, which—according to the Ukrainian investigation—have been used in the war against Ukraine.

According to a statement by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko dated March 10, Mehrabi—linked to the IRGC’s aerospace direction and military self-sufficiency structures—allegedly oversaw shipments of Iranian-made MD-550 engines for Russian needs. Ukrainian prosecutors also claim the general is connected to the company Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar (Mado), which Kyiv describes as one of the producers of critical components for these drones.

The investigation—conducted with the involvement of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the National Police—asserts that on December 29, 2022, Russia’s Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the Alabuga special economic zone in Russia’s Tatarstan region for the mass production of Shahed-136 drones under the designation Geran-2. Ukraine claims that in January 2023 Mehrabi personally visited Yelabuga and helped launch the production site.

Kravchenko’s office alleges that in 2023–2024 Russia received more than 13,000 Geran-2 drones, as well as components and equipment worth over $324 million. At the same time, all of these figures and assessments come from the Ukrainian side, and the publication does not provide independent international verification for most of the stated details.

Separately, Ukrainian authorities claim that Mehrabi organized training for Russian engineers and military personnel, including in Crimea and Kherson region. Subsequently, Kyiv says, these drones were used to strike Ukrainian territory.

In a broader context, Ukraine emphasizes that the Shahed family of drones remains an important element of Russia’s strike tactics. At the same time, such claims are also used by Kyiv as part of an international campaign to increase pressure on Iran, which makes these criminal accusations not only a legal step but also a political and information tool.