"Moscow might be helping them a bit, he told Fox News on March 13. A day later, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated laconically that Moscow's military cooperation with Tehran was good."
"Data on US military assets Iran is receiving most likely comes from Liana, Moscow's only fully functional system of spy satellites, according to an expert on Russia's space programme and military."
"The Liana system has been created to spy on US carrier strike groups and other navy forces and for identifying them as targets, Pavel Luzin, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, a US think tank, told Al Jazeera."
"Moscow can, in theory, receive and process data from Iran's optical imaging satellite and share data from its own several satellites, Luzin said."
Russia has a history of exchanging weapons with Iran and is currently providing limited military support, including satellite and intelligence data. This assistance is primarily through the Liana satellite system, which is designed to monitor US military assets. Iran's Foreign Minister confirmed the cooperation, while the Pentagon dismissed claims of Iranian strikes on US naval vessels. Russia's involvement also extends to the development of Iran's space program, particularly the Khayyam satellite, which enhances Iran's intelligence capabilities.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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