{"id":70679,"date":"2026-04-17T19:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/70679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:23:58","slug":"us-to-delay-weapons-deliveries-to-some-european-countries-due-to-iran-war-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/70679\/","title":{"rendered":"US to delay weapons deliveries to some European countries due to Iran war, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. officials have informed some European<\/a> counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries<\/a> are likely to be delayed as the Iran war<\/a> continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter said.<\/p>\n

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the communications were not public, said several European countries will be affected, including in the Baltic region and in Scandinavia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the weapons in question were purchased by European countries under the Foreign Military Sales program<\/a>, or FMS, but have not yet been delivered, the sources added. Those deliveries will likely be delayed, U.S. officials told European officials in bilateral messages in recent days, the sources said.<\/p>\n

The White House and the State Department referred queries to the Pentagon<\/a>, which did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

The delays underline the degree to which the war against Iran, which began with U.S.-Israeli air strikes on February 28, has begun to stretch U.S. supplies of some critical weaponry and ammunition.<\/p>\n

European officials complain the delays are putting them in a difficult position.<\/p>\n

Under the FMS program, foreign countries purchase U.S.-made weapons with the logistical assistance and consent of the U.S. government. Washington has pushed European NATO partners to purchase more U.S.-made materiel under President Donald Trump, including through the FMS program, as part of a bid to shift the responsibility for Europe\u2019s conventional defense away from the U.S. and onto European partners.<\/p>\n

But such weapons deliveries are often delayed, causing frustration in European capitals, where some officials are increasingly looking at weapons systems made within Europe.<\/p>\n

U.S. officials say the weapons are needed for the war in the Middle East, and they fault European nations for not helping the U.S. and Israel open the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even before the Iran war, the U.S. had already drawn down billions of dollars\u2019 worth of weapons stockpiles, including artillery systems, ammunition and anti-tank missiles since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and Israel began military operations in Gaza in late 2023.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the Iran campaign, Tehran has fired hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones at Gulf countries. Most have been intercepted, including with the PAC-3 Patriot missile interceptors that, for example, Ukraine relies \u200con to defend its energy and military infrastructure from ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

The sources spoke on the condition that the names of some of the countries affected be withheld. Some share a border with Russia and, as such, the cadence of weapons deliveries can be considered sensitive defense information.<\/p>\n

The delayed weaponry includes various kinds of ammunition, including munitions that can be used for both offensive and defensive purposes, the sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1530,1529,2930,54,34,196,2540,1486,55,56,343],"class_list":{"0":"post-70679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-circulated-defense-news","9":"tag-circulated-military-times","10":"tag-dn-dnr","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iran-war","14":"tag-military-times","15":"tag-nato","16":"tag-russia","17":"tag-ukraine","18":"tag-us-military"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116421686864899920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}