Iranian dry cargo ship Rona, which could have been transporting weapons to Russia, sinks in Caspian Sea

The Iranian cargo ship Rona has been involved in an accident in the Caspian Sea. The dry cargo ship is sailing along a sea route used to transport weapons from Iran to Russia.

According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

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They noted that the ship was flying the Iranian flag. There were 14 Indian and Iranian citizens on board, all of whom were rescued.

Transportation of weapons to the Russian Federation

According to tracking data, the dry cargo ship Rona called at the ports of Astrakhan, Makhachkala, and Azov 20 times between October 2024 and December 2025. It sailed there from the Iranian ports of Amirabad and Anzali. It was currently on another voyage to Astrakhan, according to the Russian publication Vazhnye Istorii.

In 2023, CNN reported that Iranian weapons were being shipped to Russia via these ports.
Journalists from The Wall Street Journal found out that hundreds of thousands of artillery shells and other types of ammunition are being sent to Russia in this way.

Author: Анастасія Ахтирська