Russia Providing Intel to Iran, US Official Confirms to Newsmax
7th March 2026
Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack U.S. troops and military assets in the Middle East, an American defense official confirmed to Newsmax on Friday.
First reported by The Washington Post, the development puts one of the United States’ chief nuclear-armed competitors in the rapidly expanding conflict.
Iran has, for years, provided Russia with its Shahed drones to attack Ukraine, and now Russian intelligence is returning the favor by aiding Iran in its retaliatory attacks across the Middle East.
Doesn’t seem to have done them much good; like giving a sniper scope to a rifleman facing a machine gun.