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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.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0U.S. and Israel continue their bombardment\u00a0and Iran fires retaliatory salvos at American assets and allies in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n
Still, it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Trump on Friday evening berated a reporter for raising the matter when he opened the floor to questions from the media at the end of a White House meeting about\u00a0how paying student-athletes has recalibrated college sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of respect for you, you\u2019ve always been very nice to me,\u201d Trump said to Peter Doocy, the Fox News reporter. \u201cWhat a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We\u2019re talking about something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
White House officials downplayed the reports, but did not deny that Russia was sharing intelligence with Iran about U.S. targets in the region. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday told reporters that \u201cit clearly is not making any difference with respect to the military operations in Iran because we are completely decimating them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview on Friday said the U.S. is \u201ctracking everything\u201d and factoring it into battle plans, when asked about the reports Russia was aiding Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe American people can rest assured their commander in chief is well aware of who\u2019s talking to who,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd anything that shouldn\u2019t be happening, whether it\u2019s in public or back-channeled, is being confronted and confronted strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leavitt declined to say if Trump had spoken to Russian\u00a0President Vladimir Putin\u00a0about the reported intelligence sharing or whether he believed Russia should face repercussions, saying she would let the president speak to that himself.<\/p>\n
Asked whether Russia would go beyond political support and offer military assistance to Iran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there has been no such request from Tehran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in dialogue with the Iranian side, with representatives of the Iranian leadership, and will certainly continue this dialogue,\u201d he said Friday.<\/p>\n
Pushed on whether Moscow has provided any military or intelligence assistance to Tehran since the Iran war\u2019s start, he refrained from comment.<\/p>\n
Russia has tightened its relationship with Iran as it looked for badly needed missiles and drones to utilize in its\u00a0four-year war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The Biden administration declassified intelligence findings that showed Iran supplies Moscow with attack drones and has assisted the Kremlin with building a drone-manufacturing factory.<\/p>\n
The former U.S. administration also accused Iran of\u00a0transferring short-range ballistic missiles\u00a0to\u00a0Russia for its war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Details about the U.S. intelligence were first reported by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n
Asked whether the revelation had shaken Trump\u2019s faith in Putin\u2019s ability to cut any peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war, Leavitt said, \u201cI think the president would say that peace is still an achievable objective with respect to the Russia-Ukraine war.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u00a0says the United States and its allies in the Middle East are\u00a0seeking Ukraine\u2019s expertise\u00a0in\u00a0countering Iran\u2019s Shahed drones. Tehran has been supplying Russia with Shaheds for its war on Ukraine and are now utilizing them in retaliatory attacks throughout the Gulf.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy says that he\u2019s spoken to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait about possible cooperation.<\/p>\n
\u201cUkraine knows how to defend against Shahed drone attacks because our cities have faced them almost every night,\u201d said Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanishyna. \u201cWhen our partners are in need, we are always ready to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump, who has struggled to fulfill a campaign pledge to end the Russia-Ukraine war, has had an up-and-down relationship with Zelenskyy. He\u2019s frequently pressured the Ukrainian leader to heed Russian demands, including that Kyiv concede Ukrainian territory still in its control.<\/p>\n
With the Pentagon facing questions about whether the Iran war is depleting U.S. stockpiles, Trump this week grumbled that former President Joe Biden provided billions in high-end weaponry to Ukraine and failed to replenish U.S. reserves.<\/p>\n
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