# Targeting information between allies

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*John Kiriakou's argument that Russian targeting support to Iran during the 2026 war was unremarkable rather than scandalous, the same thing the United States was doing for Ukraine, the Soviet Union did for North Vietnam, and Washington did for the Afghan mujahideen. His conclusion is that the way to stop it is to ask Moscow directly.*

- **The quote:** "This is what enemies do to one another"
- **Examples given:** Russia to Iran; the US to Ukraine; Russia to North Vietnam; the US to the Afghan mujahideen
- **Also supplied to the mujahideen:** [Stinger missiles](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/stinger-missiles)
- **Kiriakou's remedy:** Ask the Russians directly to stop

**Targeting information between allies** is [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou)'s framing of the leak, during the [2026 Iran war](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/2026-iran-war), that Russia had been giving Iran targeting information. His reaction on reading it was that it was expected: *"well of course they're giving the Iranians targeting information. They're allies."*[1]

He places it in a series of equivalents, the United States giving Ukraine targeting information, Russia giving it to the North Vietnamese, and the United States giving it to the Afghan mujahideen along with [Stinger missiles](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/stinger-missiles), and closes the list with the general rule: *"This is what enemies do to one another."*[1]

The practical conclusion he draws is diplomatic rather than military. Asked how to stop it, his answer was to *"reach out directly to the Russians and say please stop. Help us negotiate some kind of a ceasefire."*[1] That is consistent with the reporting he was asked about the same day, that [Donald Trump](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/donald-trump) had approached [Vladimir Putin](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/vladimir-putin) to broker one.[2]

## See also

- [Vladimir Putin](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/vladimir-putin)
- [The Stinger buyback](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/stinger-missiles)
- [2026 Iran war](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/2026-iran-war)
- [Russian Refusal Of Us Mediation](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/russian-refusal-of-us-mediation)

## Sources

1. Kiriakou: Washington Has No Say in This War (2026-04-03), at 08:18. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Ar9pc_twk&t=498s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-03-unfiltered-with-s-a-m-kiriakou-washington-has-no-say-in-this-war/
2. Kiriakou: Washington Has No Say in This War (2026-04-03), at 07:46. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Ar9pc_twk&t=466s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-03-unfiltered-with-s-a-m-kiriakou-washington-has-no-say-in-this-war/

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