Washington Post: Russia provides Iran with intelligence to target US forces

The extent of Russian support for Iran is not entirely clear, but the Iranian military's ability to locate American forces has weakened since the US and Israel launched attacks on Tehran last week, according to the Washington Post.

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People lay flowers in front of the Iranian embassy in Moscow after US-Israeli attacks on Iran and the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Photo: Reuters
People lay flowers in front of the Iranian embassy in Moscow after US-Israeli attacks on Iran and the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Photo: Reuters
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Russia is providing Iran with targeting information that includes the locations of US warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported today, citing three officials familiar with the intelligence.

The extent of Russian support for Iran is not entirely clear, but the Iranian military's ability to locate US forces has weakened since the US and Israel launched attacks on Tehran last week, the newspaper said, according to Reuters.

The war has since escalated, prompting retaliatory attacks from Iran and drawing neighboring countries into the conflict, as Iran seeks to impose a heavy price on the United States, Israel and their allies.

The US military has identified six reservists who were killed in Kuwait when a drone struck a US military facility in the port of Shuaiba. Trump and other senior officials have warned that the conflict is likely to lead to more deaths among American soldiers.

A White House spokeswoman did not directly comment on the alleged Russian support for Iran.

"The Iranian regime is completely broken. Their ballistic missile response is weakening every day, their navy is being destroyed, their production capacity is being destroyed, and their allies are barely putting up a resistance," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement, responding to questions from Reuters.

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia was in dialogue with representatives of the Iranian leadership. It declined to provide details when reporters asked whether Moscow was helping Tehran.

The conflict has unexpectedly benefited Russia, with a significant increase in demand for its oil and gas, boosting exports that had been weakened in recent years by sanctions related to the war in Ukraine. The United States provided intelligence to Kiev during Russia's war against Ukraine.

The Russian Embassy in Washington and the Russian Mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to Reuters.

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