Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say

[demmiblue]

Source: WaPo

Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence.

The assistance, which has not been previously reported, signals that the rapidly expanding conflict now features one of America’s chief nuclear-armed competitors with exquisite intelligence capabilities.

Since the war began Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft, said the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.

“It does seem like it’s a pretty comprehensive effort,” one of the people said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/

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WAPO: “.. Since the war began Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft, said the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.”

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-06T11:14:44.272Z

[UpInArms]

1. And TFG is probably telling his buddy everything

[twodogsbarking]

3. Sounds absurd so it must be true. You nailed it. Wake up America.

Have some coffee and donuts my friend.

[Lovie777]

2. But.........................

that is the Republican party's bestie. I guess American lives really do not matter.

[LymphocyteLover]

4. and PedoPOTUS doesn't give a shit because he is owned by Putin

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Have we bombed the Iranian factories that supply drones to Russia?

Or has Trump not received permission from Putin to stop that weapons flow?

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Well if that's not a fine how'd do..

Trump performs diplomatic sex acts for the past year and the guy ups and throws a wrench in the works!
Getting so you can't trust a despot these days, I'll tell ya.

Next they'll be fighting over custody of Ukraine.

[Lonestarblue]

7. Has the Putin-Trump bromance ended? Doubtful. Putin has all that lovely compromat on the pedophile.

[paleotn]

8. Vlad may not like the attacks on Iran, but he's still getting what he wants from his #1 asset in the US.

Letting Nuttyyahoo hijack his asset for a while may not be that much of a problem. In fact, Putin wouldn't mind the US failing in the ME once again. Wouldn't mind it at all.

[fujiyamasan]

14. The attack are benefiting Russia in some ways

The rising oil and gas prices are definitely helping Putin.

And the US was forced to concede that they can’t really stop India or others from buying Russian oil/gas.

[BlueHurricane]

17. Per the Guardian...

“ The US treasury has issued a 30-day waiver allowing India to buy Russian oil, having previously imposed heavy sanctions related to the war in Ukraine.”

Looks to me like they are, let’s be generous and say indirectly, helping Russia. Russia who is assisting our enemy Iran with targeting Americans per WaPo.

From what I have read Russia hit a 4 year low in oil and gas revenue in January and the longer the Iran war goes on the more Russia will likely benefit financially from the increase in oil prices. Not good for us and our ally Ukraine.

[travelingthrulife]

9. So Putin's using all that info Trump gave him to kill Americans.

[Martin68]

10. Of course they are. We've been doing the same to Russia, China, and Iran.

[ananda]

11. Boy, they really need that oil.

Interesting that Trump has turned Putin
into an enemy on the Iranian front, and
a friend on the Ukrainian front.

Somehow this is very insane.

[vanessa_ca]

12. Does the US really expect Russia and China to allow us to cut them off at the knees?

After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and the US created the New World Order, we put ourselves in charge of global pricing where we'd decide the value of everything.

At the bottom, we assigned Russia with "Resources"
Then China with "Manufacturing"
Then Europe with "Knowledge"
and at the top, the USA with "Finance".

That's the current unstable system in place.

If we think for one moment that China and Russia are going to allow us to knock them out of the game, that's foolish wishing. Russia's invasion of Ukraine put that whole system in jeopardy because Russia and China will call the shots thanks to control of many resources and manufacturing. Someone should ask Trump who's going to manufacture a lot of the stuff he needs to keep fighting Iran. Jiang calls what's going on now the "Game Reset".

He explains it much better than I tried to. FastForward to 39:00 but the whole lecture is fascinating.

[Wonder Why]

13. and Puty is Krasnov's BFF.

[fujiyamasan]

15. Why wouldn't they?

This is a simple way to keep the US overextended. The more US arms tied to the Iran effort, the less available for Ukraine.

This goes both ways (especially with Shahed drones) but those are relatively cheap.

This administration isn’t bound by any traditional rules of engagement however. As we have seen with ICE depraviltiy, There’s nothing stopping the US from behaving the way as Russia has in Ukraine or Israel has in Gaza especially if this gets dragged out and isn’t going as well as expected.

[Blue Dotty]

16. A friend in need, a friend in greed

Sociopaths don’t have typical friendships, just mutual resources based on usefulness and manipulation,

[ck4829]

18. Kick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. MaddowBlog-White House's Witkoff vouches for Russia's trustworthiness on Iran and alleged war assistance

Confronted with evidence of Russia aiding Iran, Team Trump has shrugged, boosted Russia’s economy and vouched for Moscow’s reliability.

"Witkoff’s on-air comments came a day after Trump said that he had a 'positive call' with Putin and that the Russian leader 'wants to be helpful' and 'very constructive.'

The American president didn’t specify for whom Putin wants to be helpful and constructive."

— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) 2026-03-11T20:34:26.586Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-witkoff-vouches-for-russias-trustworthiness-on-iran-and-alleged-war-assistance

There’s ample speculation as to how this happened, but it’s hard to overlook the reports from multiple news organizations, including MS NOW, over the weekend that Russia had provided Iran with information that could help it strike American targets. One U.S. official told MS NOW point-blank, “Russia is providing intelligence help to Iran.”.....

In the wake of the reporting, the president and his team not only expressed public indifference to the news that Russia was assisting Iran, the Republican administration also extended a new reward to Vladimir Putin’s regime, temporarily easing oil sanctions on the country.

If that weren’t quite enough, one of the key figures on Trump’s foreign policy team went even further on Tuesday. MS NOW reported that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff appeared on CNBC and emphasized that Russian officials have denied the allegations.

Witkoff said Russian officials told President Donald Trump on a call [Monday] that ‘they have not been sharing’ the information.

Witkoff added that Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ‘reiterated the same’ on a call with himself and Jared Kushner, one of Trump’s sons-in-law, whom the president named as a ‘special peace envoy.’

Witkoff went on to say of the Russian officials, “We can take them at their word.”

QUINTANILLA: Do we think the Russians have shared intel about US military assets, and if so, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions?

WITKOFF: I can tell you that on the call with POTUS, the Russians said they have not been sharing. That's what they said. We can take them at their word.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-10T16:08:53.733Z

So as far as Team Trump is concerned, when confronted with evidence that Russia is aiding Iran during the war, the proper response is to (a) shrug; (b) boost Russia’s economy; and (c) vouch for Moscow’s trustworthiness.

Witkoff’s on-air comments came a day after Trump said that he had a “positive call” with Putin and that the Russian leader “wants to be helpful” and “very constructive.”

The American president didn’t specify for whom Putin wants to be helpful and constructive.

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware appeared on MS NOW this week and said, “The clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia.” Soon after, The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin “can barely conceal a smirk” as the war continues.