Overview
- Anonymous intelligence sources, including a senior European official, told the Wall Street Journal that Moscow expanded intelligence-sharing and military cooperation with Tehran.
- The report says Russia helped upgrade Iran’s Shahed drones to improve control and targeting and advised on launch wave sizes and strike altitudes.
- Sources cited by the WSJ say Russia provided data on U.S. and allied sites in the Middle East and recently supplied satellite imagery directly to Iran.
- Observers quoted in the coverage link this support to Iranian attacks on U.S. radars and other facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman.
- The Kremlin labeled the WSJ account “fake news,” and U.S. officials have not confirmed it, as President Trump dismissed related questions and envoy Steve Witkoff cited Moscow’s denials.