This is John Bachelor.

Conversation with Jonathan Schanser, Vice President, the Foundation for the Defense of democracies,

he's in Tel Aviv.

About the Iranian conversation with Moscow, that's right. We're told that President Raise of Iran

called the Kremlin and spoke with Vladimir Putin. So the question is, is Russia in this war?

Is China allied with Russia in this war?

This new level of warfare with Iran firing missiles

from its territory at Israel, at Jerusalem, at Tel Aviv.

Jonathan's answer is many layered.

The question is, right now, what participation as Russia already presented, already not future

conflict, but the one that we just saw high overhead of Jerusalem. Jonathan Shenzer, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy's.

Is Russia present now? More of this later tonight.

Well, you know, we obviously the Iranians fired some of the same drones that Russia has been using in its war in Ukraine.

We know that that variant has been involved now in both fronts.

We know that the Russians will come to Iran's age

should the United States try to bring Iran before the Security Council.

And we know that the... bring Iran before the security council.

And we know that the ongoing deals are probably helpful for Iran

as it relates to the production of weaponry.

And I would make this observation that if this turns into a war of attrition,

Russia would become one of Iran's secret weapons, they would be able to

able to provide cheap weapons that Israel would have to shoot down

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