Iranian deliveries fuel Myanmar junta's expanding air campaign against civilians


People attend a rally to show support for Myanmar's representatives and condemn on the charges of Gambia at International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- AP Photo/Thein Zaw

LONDON (Reuters): The first bomb to strike the remote western Myanmar village of Vanha came from a junta warplane. It hit the only school in the hamlet, near the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war. The second came from a drone minutes later.

On that day, October 13, 2025, an Iranian tanker was headed home from Myanmar, where it had recently unloaded more than 16,000 tons of jet fuel under a cloak of electronic scrambling - enough for thousands more fighter jet sorties.

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