
Russia has denied sharing intelligence with Iran about U.S. military assets in the Middle East, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.
Witkoff said the denial came during a phone call that US President Donald Trump had on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Washington Post reported on Friday that Russia was providing Iran with targeting information, including the locations of US warships and aircraft in the Middle East.
"Yesterday, during the call with the president, the Russians said they did not share information," Witkoff said when asked whether Washington believes Russia has given Tehran information about the location of US military assets.
“We can take them at their word. But they said that. And yesterday morning, independently, Jared (Kushner) and I had a call with (Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov), who repeated the same thing,” Witkoff said.
He added: "This is more of a question for the intelligence people, but let's hope they're not sharing information."