CNBC：Russia told Trump they have not shared intel with Iran

Russia told Trump they have not shared intelligence with Iran during war, Witkoff says

Published Tue, Mar 10 202612:00 PM EDTUpdated Moments Ago

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Key Points

• Russian leaders told President Donald Trump during a phone call on Monday that they are not sharing intelligence with Iran during the United States’s war on that country, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said during a CNBC interview.
• “We can take them at their word,” Witkoff said. “Let’s hope that they’re not sharing.”

 

Steve Witkoff: Russians told Trump they have not shared intelligence with Iran during the war

 

Russian leaders denied in a call with President Donald Trump on Monday allegations that they are sharing intelligence with Iran during the war, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said.

“We can take them at their word,” Witkoff told CNBC’s “Money Movers” during an interview on Tuesday. “Let’s hope that they’re not sharing.”

 

Trump was known to have spoken with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday.

“Yesterday, on the call with the president, the Russians said they have not been sharing,” Witkoff said in his interview.

 

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during a meeting of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Jan. 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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MS Now, in a report on Saturday that cited two U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation, reported that Russia has been giving Iran information that could help that nation’s forces strike American ships, aircraft and military bases in the Middle East.

“Russia is providing intelligence help to Iran,” one of the officials told MS Now.

Asked Tuesday whether the Russians had been sharing intelligence with Iran, Witkoff demurred.

 

“Well, I’m not an intelligence officer, so I can’t tell you,” he said.