The two men who face charges in what authorities are calling a "gang-related" shooting that left a 7-month-old baby dead in Brooklyn were captured on surveillance video crashing the moped they used to flee the scene of the crime.

In the video, the pair can be seen racing the wrong way down a one-way street before crashing into a black sedan driving towards them. The force of the crash flung both suspects forward off the motorbike before landing hard on the pavement.

The pair can be seen staggering to their feet, one hopping on his right foot, while both attempt to gather items that were strewn about during the crash, before moving back towards the moped.

The 7-month-old was identified as Kaori Patterson-Moore of Brooklyn. Her mother was pushing her in a stroller when shots were fired in their direction early Wednesday afternoon. Her father and 2-year-old brother were also present during the shooting. The family ducked into a bodega in an attempt to dodge the bullets.

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Kaori was struck and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital soon after the incident.

The NYPD announced Thursday that 21-year-old Amuri Greene is the suspected triggerman. Police say he was a known affiliate of a gang that operates out of a housing project in Brooklyn. They are investigating whether Kaori's father might have been the intended target of the shooting.

Greene was the rear passenger on the moped. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to the hospital after the crash, where he was subsequently arrested on unrelated domestic violence charges.

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The NYPD announced Thursday that he has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder. He will be taken into custody and arraigned after his hospital stay.

Police announced Friday the second suspect, Matthew Rodriguez, was arrested in Pennsylvania. The 18-year-old, who can be seen driving the moped in the surveillance video, was taken into custody by NYPD detectives assigned to the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force. Charges are pending.

The gun used in the shooting has not been recovered, though police say they have found two shell casings related to the incident.

At an emotional news conference, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch decried the heinous crime.

"This is a terrible day in our city, a tragedy that truly shocks the conscious," she said. "As a mother, I cannot imagine the pain that this family is feeling or the grief that they now carry with them. It is unspeakable."

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips online or on X @NYPDTips.

Fox News' Michael Sinkewicz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Embattled Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has been called out by a local resident over an incident at the local airport, where TSA agents allegedly stopped him at the security checkpoint with a loaded, undeclared firearm in his carry-on bag.

And the hits keep coming, with a recent independent investigation into bullying and retaliation allegations against the sheriff finding that the "preponderance of the evidence" shows he abused his office for political gain during a close race in 2024 against former PCSD Lt. Heather Lappin.

Amid that contentious race, a woman named Cory Stephens complained to the county board of supervisors at a public meeting on Nov. 12, 2024 that the sheriff did not face the same consequences a regular citizen would have.

"If a private citizen had encountered that at the airport, the consequences would have been greater," Stephens, a longtime Tucson resident and president of the Conservative Coalition of America, told Fox News Digital over the phone Friday.

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Nanos' office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident, which did not result in any charges.

Stephens said she found the incident alarming after hearing about it in local circles and was disappointed it received little attention in the media, so she brought it up during public comment at a board of supervisors hearing.

Nanos is facing heightened scrutiny amid the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. While the complicated case remains unsolved, the sheriff's critics have seized on other issues — including lawsuits against him from his own current and former deputies and an allegation that he lied about past disciplinary problems under oath.

"We as citizens want answers," Stephens said. "The safety of our community is at stake."

An incident report obtained by Fox News Digital from Nov. 6, 2024, shows a TSA X-ray technician saw the weapon in the sheriff's bag and flagged an officer.

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"As a law enforcement officer, he should know the TSA rules, how to declare a weapon, secure it and follow the same rules as everyone else," Stephens said.

Airport police found five rounds in the magazine and another in the chamber.

The sheriff missed his flight, stowed the firearm in his vehicle and flew out later.

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James Gagliano, a retired FBI agent and Fox News contributor, said he found the whole incident surprising because as a law enforcement officer, the sheriff could've taken measures to fly with it legally.

"You declare yourself as a law enforcement officer ahead of time," he said.

The protocol requires confirmation between the TSA and the individual's agency, but typically allows active-duty personnel to fly with their weapons, he said.

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After the X-ray tech found the weapon in Lane 1 at the Tucson International Airport's B Concourse, the first responding officer recused himself due to an apparent conflict of interest, according to the incident report.

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The second officer brought Nanos to a private screening room, where he asked the sheriff where in his bag the gun was located, according to the incident report.

Nanos told him it was in a zippered pocket, where the officer removed it and found five rounds in the magazine and another in the chamber, according to the incident report.

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"The firearm was in a hard plastic holster," the officer wrote. "The firearm was not artfully or purposely concealed."

The sheriff, of course, had no active warrants. But the officer read him his Miranda rights and informed his superiors as well as the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.

"Mr. Nanos was escorted off the concourse to place his firearm in his vehicle, and he was rebooked to fly out at a later time," the report concludes.

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That appears to have been the end of the incident.

But it's one of many allegations against the sheriff to resurface during the stalled search for Nancy Guthrie.

Lt. Lappin's retaliation complaint led to an independent investigation by Northstar Employment & Legal Solutions, which cleared the sheriff of bullying allegations but found that "the preponderance of the evidence supports a finding that Sheriff Nanos used his authority and department resources for political gain."

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He is also accused of violating department rules on courtesy and civility for allegedly putting confidential information about Lappin in a press release during the campaign.

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However, while the review found the sheriff's actions "inconsistent with the listed policies," it also found that he is not subject to those policies because he is an elected official.

A spokesperson for the sheriff's department said Nanos has been made aware of the investigation's results.

"The findings do not support allegations of bullying but note additional concerns," she said in a statement. "The Sheriff has requested the full report for review."

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PCSD declined to comment further, citing a pending civil lawsuit, and Lappin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Last year, the Pima County Board of Supervisors referred Nanos to the state attorney general for investigation into whether he behaved inappropriately during the campaign. Lappin was suspended over what county officials said appeared to be unsubstantiated allegations and prevented from actively campaigning.

The sheriff is also facing a First Amendment lawsuit from another deputy who alleges he was retaliated against for supporting Lappin ahead of the vote.

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The Pima County Board of Supervisors, which has a 4-1 Democrat majority, also moved unanimously last week to have outside counsel draft proposed questions for Nanos and plans to bring him in front of the panel to answer questions about his workplace history and other concerns.

The sheriff, who declined to comment on the board's decision, was not accused of wrongdoing in connection with the Guthrie investigation during the meeting.

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"We have information that we need as an electorate to know who we’re voting into office," Stephens told Fox News Digital. "We need all the information that we could possibly have to put the right people into office."

Stephens, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board as a Republican in 2024, has called on Nanos to step down following allegations that he lied under oath in connection with a lawsuit from another deputy as well as on his application to join the department back in the mid-1980s.

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"He was not properly vetted," she said.

The search for Guthrie remains unsolved more than two months after she is believed to have been taken from her Tucson home in the dead of night. No suspects have been publicly identified.

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A masked intruder wearing long sleeves and rubber gloves appeared on Nest doorbell camera video at her front door around the time of her suspected abduction. Although the video has been widely circulated, it has not led to his identity.

And a DNA sample taken from inside the home containing genetic material from an unknown male has not yet been unraveled.

The family is asking anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. There is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million for information that leads to an arrest or Guthrie's recovery.

While delivering an update to the nation on "Operation Epic Fury" on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said the families of the 13 slain U.S. service members have urged him to "please finish the job" to defeat Iran.

Trump emphasized that "every single one of the people, their loved ones, said, ‘Please, sir, please finish the job.’ Every one of them."

He commended the fallen service members who served in the Army and Air Force.

"We salute them," he said. "And now we must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives."

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Thirteen U.S. service members, ages 20 to 54, have been killed in the Middle East since the Trump administration launched its Iran operation. 

Six U.S. Army soldiers were killed in a March 1 Iranian drone strike at a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. Six others, U.S. Air Force airmen, died in a refueling plane crash on March 12 in Iraq. Another, Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, died in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

During his Wednesday night address, Trump announced that the "core strategic objectives" of the operation "are nearing completion."

"As we celebrate this progress," Trump said, "we think especially of the 13 American warriors who have laid down their lives in this fight to prevent our children from ever having to face a nuclear Iran."

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Trump has traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware twice since the start of the conflict to honor the fallen service members as their remains were returned to the U.S. in a dignified transfer for burial.

"I wanted to be with those heroes as they returned to American soil," Trump said. "And I was with them and their families, their parents, their wives, their husbands."

Trump touted America’s military might. He said the U.S. is "on track" to complete all of its objectives "very shortly." However, he announced, "We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next 2 to 3 weeks," adding, "We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong."

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Despite their losses, Trump emphasized that "every one" of the fallen service members’ families asked him to keep going.

"Every one of them," he repeated. "And we are going to finish the job, and we're going to finish it very fast. We're getting very close."

Western Michigan freshman softball player Kendall Kotzmacher is in the process of filing her taxes for the first time. She does so knowing her federal and state taxes, as a Minnesota resident, will go toward litigation over her home state's refusal to keep males out of girls' sports. 

Kotzmacher had to compete against a biological male transgender pitcher in the Minnesota state playoffs in her final high school season in 2025. She had to watch the trans athlete dominate her team and end her season. Now, as the state continues to let that pitcher compete against girls, she may have to watch her younger sister compete against that athlete again this season. 

Kotzmacher, who earned income as a part-time youth softball coach and through NIL deals, including one with the activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics, will have to stomach some of that money financing the legal battle to "save girls' sports." 

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"I feel like I can justify spending that money more, knowing that it's going to these young girls that should not have to do with something like that, you know, it's going for these girls that I've worked their whole lives and can't do anything about," Kotzmacher told Fox News Digital.

"It's definitely really frustrating, you know, and an ideal world, this never happens, and this money doesn't need to go to a lawsuit, such as the one that's going on right now. And this all could be easily pushed to the side if the state complied, and if Governor [Tim] Walz could just get some common sense. And fight for women and take our side for once when we've all been pushed to this side." 

The DOJ announced it is suing education agencies in Minnesota on Monday for its continued refusal to comply with President Donald Trump's mandate to keep biological male trans athletes out of girls' high school sports in the state. The DOJ alleged that the state’s Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) are in violation of Title IX.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit last year, saying the state’s human rights act supersedes President Donald Trump’s executive orders. The lawsuit said at the time that the state was already in compliance with Title IX. A ruling is pending on the federal government’s motion to dismiss the case.

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Much of the conflict between the state and the administration centered around the participation of the transgender pitcher, Marissa Rothenberger, for Champlin Park, who led the school to a state title. The athlete is set to compete again this season for Champlin Park. 

"My little sister, she played with me last year. She's still playing, so it's really hard," Kotzmacher said. "I'm lucky enough that it's not allowed at the NCAA level. But there's all of these girls that I do not want them to ever have to go through the situations that I did, and I do not want my sister to have to deal with what I had to do and what she had to deal with last year again."

During a Minnesota state tournament semifinal last spring, Rothenberger held Kotzmacher's White Bear Lake team to just two runs on seven hits. Rothenberger also hit a double to lead-off the final inning and set up a pinch-runner to win the game for Champlin Park.

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Kotzmacher previously told Fox News Digital that once that game ended, she fell into the arms of her little sister and began to sob. 

"I honestly just wanted to leave right away. I didn't want to do anything else," Kotzmacher said. "I couldn't even process what just happened.

"How do you acknowledge that you lost to a biological male? How do you process those events that happened? And that was something that entire night, I still couldn't do it… we lost to a biological male in a female state tournament."

Now, as she tries to excel in her college career, Kotzmacher said she is also invested in the high school season in Minnesota as an activist. 

"I hope that people are truly, truly working on getting this finished before high school season ends, because the last thing that should happen is for this to be a repeat of last year," she said. "And I truly believe that Champlin Park's championship title should be stripped away and there's no reason that on the high school league records or documents, Champlain park's name should be anywhere near the winning season and that they had." 

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Birth tourism has become big business, as concierge services and others rake in cash assisting foreigners who want to have their babies in the U.S.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments beginning Wednesday on a challenge to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which limits birthright citizenship in the U.S.

The term birth tourism in general refers to foreign nationals traveling to another country and giving birth there so that their newborn children can obtain citizenship in that particular country. 

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A concierge service in South Florida called Have my Baby in Miami provides maternity services that have helped with over 2,000 international births, according to the firm's website.

"The dream of having your child in a country with one of the best medical systems in the world is much more real than you think," the practice notes. 

The practice asks parents to prepare travel documents for all those taking part, recommending a minimum validity period of six months, starting on the day scheduled for arrival in the United States.

Parents must begin the process of applying for the baby's documentation prior to their return trip.

"We offer support and information on how to carry out these activities, which are usually completed easily," the practice notes on its site.

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Testimonials by parents from such countries as Brazil and Colombia are featured on the website, with many praising the practice’s continued support once they're back in their home countries.

"We are very pleased with the decision to have our baby in Miami by this excellent group of professionals," wrote Marypaz from Colombia (no last name given). 

"It was worth the sacrifice to be away from our country and our family at this important time."

Fox News Digital reached out to the Have my Baby in Miami practice for comment.

Section one of the 14th Amendment automatically grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States. Given that courts have routinely upheld birthright citizenship for over a century now, the Trump administration faces an uphill battle, as Fox News Digital has previously reported.  

University of California Berkeley law professor John Yoo told Fox News Digital he believes the Supreme Court will overrule the Trump birthright order. 

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"The better way to operate under the current constitutional rule of birthright citizenship is to more vigorously enforce visas and to shut down businesses that encourage and enable birth tourism," said Yoo.

A recent Fox News Poll found that 69% of voters support birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrants — which is up from 45%, when Fox News first asked the question in 2006.

The most common visas abused when it comes to birth tourism are B-2 tourist visas and B-1 business visas — which is what prompted the State Department to introduce a new rule in 2020.

"A consular officer shall deny a B nonimmigrant visa to an alien [whom] he or she has reason to believe intends to travel for this primary purpose," the rule reads.

The rule states that "the department considers birth tourism an inappropriate basis for the issuance of temporary visitor visas."

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President Trump called out birth tourism in a Truth Social post Monday, calling out China for exploiting U.S. birthright citizenship. 

"Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more," he wrote, "FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!"

The president added, "The World is getting rich selling citizenships to our Country."

In July, the U.S. Mission to Nigeria shared a stark warning about "birth tourism" to those who might be planning trips to America primarily for this reason.

"Using your visa to travel for the primary purpose of giving birth in the United States so that your child will have U.S. citizenship is not permitted," the mission wrote on its X account. 

The notice was posted on Facebook as well. 

"We will deny your visa if we believe your primary purpose of travel is to give birth in the United States to get U.S. citizenship for your child. This is not permitted," the post stated.

The Supreme Court's decision on the birthright citizenship issue is expected in late June. 

Kerri Kupec Urbahn of Fox News contributed reporting. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian reconnaissance satellites have recently imaged key U.S. and allied military facilities across the Middle East, raising concerns about potential targeting, after returning from a high-stakes trip to Gulf countries now under Iranian attack.

Zelenskyy’s remarks come as Ukraine deepens its role in the region, sharing intelligence and defense expertise with Middle Eastern partners facing Iranian missile and drone strikes.

In a March 28 post on X, Zelenskyy said he had been briefed that Russian satellites photographed multiple strategic sites "in the interests of Iran," including bases and critical energy infrastructure across the Gulf.

"Everyone knows that repeated reconnaissance indicates preparations for strikes," he wrote.

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According to Zelenskyy, the surveillance occurred over several days in late March. On March 24, Russian satellites reportedly captured imagery of the U.S.-U.K. military facility on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The following days included Kuwait International Airport and parts of the Greater Burgan oil field, as well as Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

Additional sites imaged on March 26 included Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oil and gas field, Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base, and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, one of the largest U.S. military installations in the region.

Some of the locations identified by Zelenskyy, including places in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, have been targeted in recent Iranian attacks, though it remains unclear whether the satellite imagery he described was directly used in those operations.

The warning follows Zelenskyy’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan, where he discussed security cooperation and shared intelligence with regional leaders.

In an interview published Monday by Axios, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had provided Middle Eastern partners with information about Russian support for Iran, including potential targeting assistance.

"I think Russia is supporting Iran directly, 100%," Zelenskyy told Axios. "The same format of sharing satellite images like they did in the case of Ukraine."

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Ksenia Svetlova, an associate fellow at Chatham House, said recent developments point to increased cooperation in that space. "There is more cooperation in everything that has to do with intelligence," she said, citing reports that Russia has provided Iran with "a target list, basically, through their satellites, American targets, but also air targets in the Gulf."

Svetlova added that such support enables Russia to assist Iran without deploying troops or equipment.

"They are doing for the Iranians whatever they can without spending money, spending troops, or spending equipment," she said.

The White House has not confirmed the intelligence-sharing but said it is not impacting U.S. operations.

"Nothing provided to Iran by any other country is affecting our operational success. The United States military has struck more than 11,000 targets and destroyed more than 150 Iranian naval vessels, leading to their missile attacks and drone attacks decreasing by 90%. The terrorist Iranian regime continues to be crushed by the full might of the most lethal fighting force in the world," White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also downplayed concerns about Russia’s role, telling reporters Friday: "There is nothing Russia is doing for Iran that is in any way impeding or affecting our operation or the effectiveness of it."

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Lt. Gen. Richard Newton (Ret.), a former U.S. Air Force assistant vice chief of staff, said the reports should not come as a surprise.

"The latest reports that Russia provided essential imaging intelligence to the Iranian regime to target a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia should surprise no one. Putin is our adversary who can't be trusted."

"We should avoid a direct conflict with Moscow," he added, "but there must be consequences for Russia aiding and abetting the Iranian regime that harms American military personnel and our assets."

Russia has not publicly responded to Zelenskyy’s claims. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Russian government and the Iranian mission to the United Nations for comment and did not receive responses in time for publication.

Carrie Filipetti, executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition and a former senior State Department official, told Fox News Digital the reports reflect a broader and growing threat.

"There is no clearer signal that Russia is a dangerous adversary than the continued reporting that Russia is providing intelligence targeting Americans to a regime currently engaged in combat against the United States," Filipetti said.

"American service members' lives are at continued risk because of Putin's war machine," she added, warning that Washington must act to "hold the Russian regime accountable and prevent future American deaths."

Zelenskyy has also questioned ongoing discussions about easing sanctions on Russia.

"There must be pressure on the aggressor. And lifting sanctions is certainly not pressure," he wrote.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s vast missile system is the brainchild of the U.S.-designated state-sponsor of terrorism, the communist North Korea regime, which works hand in glove with Iran, according to one of the world’s leading experts on the Iran-North Korea strategic alliance.

"The missile launched at Diego Garcia was a Musudan. The Iranians bought 19 of these from the North Koreans and took delivery in 2005. They have had this capability since 2005 — and this is no ‘secret weapon,'" Bruce Bechtol, who co-authored with Anthony Celso the groundbreaking book "Rogue Allies: The Strategic Partnership Between Iran and North Korea," told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital reported last week that Iran significantly escalated its war effort against the U.S. with its launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia—roughly 2,500 miles from Iran.

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Bechtol said, "The most important threat from Iran as the war with the United States and Israel has evolved has been the ballistic missiles, launched not only at U.S. facilities and Israeli cities, but also at neighboring Islamic countries. Thus, it is important to consider this capability and where Iran got it."

He said, "The short-range ballistic missiles that Iran has launched at key U.S. facilities and at neighboring Arab states include a key system – the 'QIAM.' The QIAM was developed and improved with North Korean assistance… North Korea has proliferated a lot to Iran that we are seeing right now in the war."

The joint U.S.-Israeli war against Iran’s regime, the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism, according to the U.S. State Department, has entered its fifth week.

Bechtol, who is a professor of political science in the Department of Security Studies at Angelo State University in Texas, noted that, according to the Wisconsin Project, North Korea had constructed a large missile test facility at Emamshahr, a city in the Fars Province in Iran, and a tracking facility at Tabas in South Khorasan province.

He said North Korea aided Iran with crucial technology "for targets farther away from Iran."

"The North Koreans proliferated around 150 No Dong systems to Iran in the late 1990s. The Iranians were apparently very happy with the missiles the North Koreans provided them, and, following the earlier precedent of the Scud C factory, contracted with Pyongyang to build a No Dong facility in Iran."

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Bechtol continued, "The Iranians called this ‘new’ missile the Shahab-3. The Shahab-3 is almost an exact copy of the No Dong. Once the Shahab-3 was up and running, the North Koreans moved forward with the Iranians in improving its range and lethality."

He said, "With assistance from the North Koreans, the Iranians were then able to produce (at the No Dong facility) the Emad and the Ghadr. The Emad has a range of 1,750 kilometers (approx 1,087 miles) and the Ghadr has a range of 1,950 kilometers (approximately 1,212 miles.) The Iranians have used these two systems to target not only Israel, but their Arab neighbors (including U.S. bases located in these countries) throughout the ongoing first stages of this conflict."

Bechtol said the North Koreans spawned an Iranian missile warhead that weighs a ton and a half to two tons on the powerful Khorramshahr-4. "There is another system capable of hitting Israel that has been even more lethal than any of the systems described thus far. This system is called the ‘Khorramshahr,’ and the fourth version of this system, appropriately called the ‘Khorramshahr-4,’ has been proven to carry a warhead larger than any other in Iran’s missile inventory, armed with what appears to be cluster munitions," he said.

He described the strategic partnership, noting: "North Korea is the seller and Iran is the buyer. North Korea proliferates weapons systems, technology, parts and components, technicians, engineers and specialists and military capabilities (such as the building of underground facilities) to Iran. Iran pays North Korea with cash and oil. Simple as that."

Bechtol said the only way to stop this is through sanctions enforcement against North Korea. "The sanctions that are needed are already on the books. But the USA and our key allies need to robustly enforce them. We need to go after banks, front companies and cyber entities in order to squeeze the money and contain or destroy the supply chain."

He said, "More emphasis needs to be placed, and more action needs to be taken using the Proliferation Security Initiative — an underused aspect of preventing North Korea's arms from flowing to rogue nations and terrorist groups.  If you cut off the supply chain, you cut off the proliferation."