US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has admitted that Russia may be providing Iran with key intelligence to target US military targets. He was responding to reports in leading newspapers about secret cooperation between Moscow and Tehran during the ongoing war in the Middle East.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not rule out the possibility that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on the positions of US military targets. TASR informs about this according to the Saturday report of the DPA agency.
- Pete Hegseth did not rule out Russia passing intelligence to Iran.
- US media reports that Russia is sharing information for attacks on Americans.
- Hegseth says the United States monitors all relevant communications and activities.
- The minister assures the public that President Donald Trump is carefully checking the situation.
- Russia and Iran cooperate closely, exchange support and drone military technology.
Several American media, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, wrote on Friday that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence for attacks on American targets during the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.
The US is monitoring the situation
In an interview with CBS News, Hegseth said the United States is “monitoring everything.” “Our commanders know everything. We have the best intelligence services in the world. We know who is talking to whom, why they are talking to them, how accurate this information can be and how we take it into account in our battle plans,” declared the minister.
According to Hegseth, “the American people can rest assured that their commander-in-chief (President Donald Trump) knows who’s talking to whom, and anything that shouldn’t be happening, whether in public or behind the scenes, is being forcefully confronted.”
Close relations between Russia and Iran
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that the Russian government is communicating with Iranian officials. Russia and China are helping Iran politically and “in other ways,” according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakhchi. Peskov declined to answer the Washington Post’s question about the intelligence findings.
Russia maintains close relations with Iran, which has been isolated for years because of its nuclear program and support for militant groups in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Yemeni Houthi rebels. Iran provides technology to Russia, including the Shahid-type drones that Moscow deployed in its war against Ukraine.
