Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov denied accusations of passing intelligence to Iran. He stressed that information on the location of US military bases in the region is public.
Lavrov denies intelligence transfer
Today, Sergey Lavrov said that Russia did not pass on intelligence to Iran about US military bases in the region. According to him, the accusations of helping Iran are groundless.
Lavrov stressed that Russia does not agree with such allegations. He noted that the coordinates of US military facilities are known to everyone.
Base coordinates are publicly available
Lavrov said that information about the location of US bases is not secret. According to him, this data is open and accessible to anyone.
The minister added that the allegations of intelligence transfer are unfounded, as the necessary information is already available in open sources.
Context.
Earlier, a number of Western media outlets reported on Russia's alleged transfer of intelligence to Iran regarding US military bases in the region. Official Moscow has repeatedly denied these allegations.
Information on the location of many US military facilities is indeed available in open sources.
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