Russia Admits Providing Intelligence Information to Iran in War Against US

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TEHERAN – Russia has confirmed providing intelligence information to Iran. This indirect admission was made during a meeting between Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, and his US counterpart Steve Witkoff, as well as President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, last week in Miami, Florida.

At that time, the Moscow envoy conveyed an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop all intelligence exchanges with Iran if the US does the same with Ukraine. This was according to a report published on Friday, as cited by Anadolu and reported by Politico Europe, quoting two anonymous sources.

The Trump administration rejected the offer. However, it has still sparked concerns among European officials who fear that Putin may be attempting to create divisions among NATO allies.

An EU official who spoke to Politico Europe described Putin’s offer as “outrageous.”

Earlier on Friday, Trump criticised the transatlantic alliance (NATO) and said that without the US, the alliance would become a “paper tiger.” He then strongly criticised the allies’ refusal to help his efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.