Moscow is against the killing of Iran’s leadership figures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today.
“We certainly condemn actions aimed at causing harm to the health, or even more so, the murder and liquidation of representatives of the leadership of sovereign Iran, sovereign and independent Iran, as well as other countries. We condemn such actions,” Peskov told reporters in a briefing earlier today.
It comes after Iran’s top national security official, Ali Larijani, and former Basij militia chief Gen. Gholam Reza Soleiman, were confirmed killed by Iranian authorities after Israel announced their deaths yesterday.
Asked about a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter that Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region, Peskov told reporters: “There are currently lots of different reports circulating about this war. The vast majority are nothing more than fake news.”
NBC News also reported earlier this month that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces in the Middle East, citing four sources with knowledge of the matter.