Russia is prepping to give Iran an advanced satellite system that would boost its military spying capabilities, current and former U.S. and Middle Eastern officials with knowledge of the situation told The Washington Post.
The Russian-made Kanopus-V satellite with Russian hardware would be launched in Russia with Iran being able to use the satellite to spy on any targets, including U.S. troops in Iraq and military bases in Israel, whenever the country wanted.
The satellite would have a camera resolution of 1.2 meters and would greatly improve the country’s spying capabilities, the three officials who spoke to The Post said.
Since 2018 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has made trips to Russia to negotiate this deal, and experts from Russia have gone to Iran to train the country’s crews on how to operate the satellite, according to the officials.
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