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By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 7, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.
The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly on the sensitive matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that the U.S. intelligence has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran on what to do with the information as the U.S. and Israel continue their bombardment and Iran fires retaliatory salvos at American assets and allies in the Persian Gulf.
Still, its the first indication that Moscow has sought to get involved in the war that the U.S. and Israel launched on Iran a week ago. Russia is in the rare club of countries that maintains friendly relations with Tehran, which has faced years of isolation over its nuclear program and its support of proxy groups that have wreaked havoc in the Middle East, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis ...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-russia-intelligence-35afae34198408d670941f971d383378
struggle4progress
(126,004 posts)Associated Press
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Mar 08, 2026 13:11 pm IST
Last Updated On
Mar 08, 2026 13:12 pm IST
President Donald Trump said Saturday that it was inconsequential if Russia has provided Iran with information to help Tehran target U.S. military personnel and assets in the Middle East as the week-old war rages.
The president dismissed the import of such information-sharing after he attended the dignified transfer for six Army reservists who were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait the day after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran that has unsettled the global economy.
Trump stopped short of confirming reports by The Associated Press and other news outlets that U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia has provided Iran with such targeting information. But if Moscow is passing on such details, he said Iran was getting little out of it.
"If you take a look at what's happened to Iran in the last week, if they're getting information, it's not helping them much," Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he flew to Miami, where he's spending the rest of the weekend.
The president also waved off a question about how Russia assisting Iran in such a way might affect his view of the U.S.-Russia relationship ...
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-on-russia-reportedly-sharing-intel-with-iran-amid-war-not-helping-them-11184997
chicoescuela
(3,000 posts)executive order to write. The asswipe has priorities dont you know?
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