The report said a mid-September satellite image showed that new construction at the plant "directly" correlated with a leaked building floor plan that the Washington Post shared with the institute earlier this year.
The satellite image also showed the construction of other structures and new security perimeters with checkpoints, the report said.
"A key overdue step" is for Washington to sanction Alabuga and its associated companies, the report continued.
Alabuga JSC is 66 percent owned by the federal government and 34 percent by the republic, the report said.
The White House in June said Russia and Iran appeared to be deepening their defense cooperation and that in addition to supplying drones, Tehran was working with Moscow to produce Iranian drones in Alabuga.
Persons:
Iran's, Volodymr Zelenskiy, Jonathan Landay, Sandra Maler
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, JSC Alabuga, Institute for Science, International Security, Washington Post, Sunday, Alabuga JSC, House
Locations:
Russia, Moscow, United States, Russian, ., Washington, Tartarstan Republic, Iran, Tehran