Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that Moscow is against the assassination of Iran’s leaders. “We unequivocally condemn actions that are aimed at harming the health, or even worse, at killing or eliminating representatives of a sovereign and independent Iran, as well as the leaders of other countries. We condemn such actions,” Peskov told reporters at a briefing earlier today.
This came as the deaths of Iran’s top national security official Ali Larijani and former Basij militia chief General Ghulam Reza Suleiman were confirmed by Iranian officials, even though Israel had announced their deaths yesterday.
What did you say about giving intelligence information to Iran?
Asked about a US media report, citing people familiar with the matter, that Russia was expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, and providing satellite imagery and better drone technology to help Tehran target US forces in the region, Peskov told reporters: “There are a lot of different reports going around right now about this war. Most of these reports are fake news. There is nothing else.”
Major attack on Iran’s Intelligence Chief Ismail Khatib
Israel’s defense minister said today that Iran’s intelligence minister Ismail Khatib was eliminated last night. Israel Katz assessed the situation, saying that Khatib was “responsible for fueling the regime’s internal repression and assassination apparatus, as well as external threats.” There was no immediate reaction from Iran on this.