Russia provided Iran with information that can help Tehran strike US military, sources say

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 people, 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.

Still, it’s 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.

The White House downplayed reports 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 “it clearly is not making any difference with respect to the military operations in Iran because we are completely decimating them.”

Leavitt declined to say if President Donald Trump had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the reported intelligence sharing or whether he believed Russia should face repercussions, saying she would let the president speak to that himself.

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.

“We are in dialogue with the Iranian side, with representatives of the Iranian leadership, and will certainly continue this dialogue,” he said Friday.

Pushed on whether Moscow has provided any military or intelligence assistance to Tehran since the Iran war’s start, he refrained from comment.

Russia has tightened its relationship with Iran as it looked for badly needed missiles and drones to utilize in its four-year war Ukraine.

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.

The former U.S. administration also accused Iran of transferring short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Details about the U.S. intelligence were first reported by the Washington Post.

Asked whether the revelation had shaken Trump’s faith in Putin’s ability to cut any peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war, Leavitt said, “I think the president would say that peace is still an achievable objective with respect to the Russia-Ukraine war.”

据两名熟悉美国情报部门情况的官员透露，俄罗斯向伊朗提供了可能帮助德黑兰袭击美国在该地区的军舰、飞机和其他目标的情报。

这些未获授权就这一敏感问题公开评论、并要求匿名的人士警告说，美国情报部门尚未发现俄罗斯正在指示伊朗如何处理这些信息。

尽管如此，这却是莫斯科试图介入美国和以色列一周前对伊朗发动的战争的首个迹象。俄罗斯是少数几个与德黑兰保持友好关系的国家之一。多年来，伊朗因其核计划以及支持在中东地区制造混乱的代理组织（包括真主党、哈马斯和胡塞武装）而饱受孤立。

白宫淡化了有关俄罗斯与伊朗分享美国在该地区目标情报的报道。白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特周五告诉记者，“这显然不会对我们在伊朗的军事行动产生任何影响，因为我们正在彻底摧毁他们。”

莱维特拒绝透露唐纳德·特朗普总统是否与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京谈及过有关情报共享的报道，也拒绝透露他是否认为俄罗斯应该承担后果，并表示她会让总统自己来谈论这个问题。

当被问及俄罗斯是否会在政治支持之外向伊朗提供军事援助时，克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫表示，德黑兰方面尚未提出此类要求。

“我们正在与伊朗方面，与伊朗领导层的代表进行对话，并且一定会继续进行这种对话，”他周五表示。

当被追问自两伊战争爆发以来，莫斯科是否向德黑兰提供了任何军事或情报援助时，他拒绝置评。

俄罗斯加强了与伊朗的关系，因为它需要从伊朗获得急需的导弹和无人机，以用于其长达四年的乌克兰战争。

拜登政府解密的情报显示，伊朗向莫斯科提供攻击型无人机，并协助克里姆林宫建造无人机制造厂。

美国前政府还指责伊朗向俄罗斯转让短程弹道导弹，用于其在乌克兰的战争。

美国情报部门的详细情况最初由《华盛顿邮报》报道。

当被问及这一爆料是否动摇了特朗普对普京在俄乌战争中达成任何和平协议的能力的信心时，利维特说：“我认为总统会说，就俄乌战争而言，和平仍然是一个可以实现的目标。”