US intelligence is investigating whether Russia helped Iran locate and strike CIA facilities in the Gulf, including the US embassy in Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera reports citing Reuters, citing the precision of recent Iranian drone attacks as a possible sign of outside support.
Reports of Iran targeting CIA sites first emerged early in the US-Israel war, with The Washington Post and CNN both citing sources describing Russian help in locating US personnel and assets in the Gulf.
Nicole Grajewski of Sciences Po’s Centre of International Research called Russian involvement a “realistic” theory, noting Iran lacks Russia’s satellite capability. Russia has also been accused of supplying Iran’s drones with an anti-jamming system, though Moscow denies it.
Grajewski said Russian support gives Iran “an edge” but isn’t the main driver of the war, pointing to Iran’s own drone and missile capabilities.
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