President Donald Trump says it is irrelevant if Russia is supplying Iran with intelligence to help Tehran target U.S. military targets and assets in the Middle East.
The president downplayed the significance of such information-sharing after he attended the dignified transfer for six Army reservists who were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait the day after the U.S. andIsraelinitiated a war on Iran that has disrupted the global economy.
Instead, the US commander in chief simply said: "If they're getting information, it's not helping them much."
The odd intervention comes hours after it was reported thatRussian tech was also found inside the drone used to attack RAF Akotiri in Cyprus last week. Believed to have been fired by Hezbollah from the Lebanon, the fact Russian technology was found inside the device has raised more questions aboutRussia's involvement in the current conflict in the Midde East.
Yesterday Trump refrained from confirming reports that U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia has provided Iran with such targeting information. However, if Moscow is disseminating such details, he said Iran was gaining little from it.
"If you take a look at what's happened to Iran in the last week, if they're getting information, it's not helping them much," Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he flew to Miami, where he's spending the remainder of the weekend.
The president also dismissed a question about how Russia assisting Iran in such a manner might influence his view of the U.S.-Russia relationship.
"They'd say we do it against them," Trump retorted. "Wouldn't they say that we do it against them?".
Ukraine, in the four years since it was invaded by Russia, has received U.S. intelligence to help defend against incoming missiles from Russia as well as to help Kyiv hit certain Russian targets.
Dismissing the importance of Russia passing battlespace intelligence to Iran came after the U.S. Treasury Department announced earlier this week that it was temporarily permitting India to continue purchasing crude oil and petroleum products from Russia for a month, until April 4.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
