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 on Tuesday.
“We can take them at their word,” Witkoff told CNBC’s “Money Movers.”
“Let’s hope that they’re not sharing,” he said.
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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Trump spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday.
“Yesterday, on the call with the president, the Russians said they have not been sharing,” Witkoff said Tuesday.
Asked 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.
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