Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin, the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation, has dropped a bombshell on Moscow’s purported behind the scene actions in the ongoing war in West Asia. The move comes after multiple reports claimed that Russia helped Iran with technology and intelligence that allowed Tehran to carry out attacks in the region.

According to Reuters, Naryshkin recently claimed that the Russian spy agency was in touch with its US counterpart, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), about the situation in the Islamic Republic. The Russian spy chief’s statement comes amid accusations that Moscow allegedly provided Tehran with intelligence and technical knowhow to carry out attacks across the Middle East, raising concerns in Washington DC.

As per a CNN report, Moscow also helped Tehran with advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine to hit US and Gulf nations’ targets. CNN has also reported that Russia shared imagery from its sophisticated network of overhead satellites with Iran. However, it is unclear what Moscow was getting in return for its support. The revelation comes as President Donald John Trump hinted that US forces might soon leave the conflict zone, further fuelling debate about Russia’s intentions.

Between Glimpses of Hope & Catastrophic Danger: Mankind Was Born for That Which Is Better
(International Peace Coalition): On the evening of April 1, NASA’s Artemis II crew successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, sending human beings to orbit the Moon for the first time in 54 years. Although a rarity in recent years, this launch truly represents an accomplishment for the world, and a reminder that humanity was made for a more important purpose than pointless wars and endless bickering. As astronaut Jeremy Hansen said in a pre-launch message moments before the countdown began: “We are going for all humanity.“

Meanwhile, back in the land of the clueless, President Trump was forced to respond because of the growing pressure – both internally and from around the world – against his illegal and disastrous war in Iran. In an extremely defensive April 1, 2026 address to the nation, the President said that the US was “on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly“, claiming that Iran “has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat“. Cynically, he stressed that this war of aggression was “necessary for the safety of America and the security of the free world“, making sure to say the words “nuclear weapon” repeatedly in order to induce fear among the gullible. While still no clear objective exists, the closest thing was Trump’s statement that: “We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing… Yet, if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously.“

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In her weekly webcast on April 1, 2026 Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the widow of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche and the founder of the LaRouche Movement‘s Schiller Institute, as well as the German Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität Party, said that Trump “is in a real bind, because obviously, almost five weeks into the war, all his objectives have not been met“. “All his attempts to portray victory and resolve are merely a desperate attempt by Trump to somehow control the narrative when all the realities on the ground are speaking in a completely different direction. But no matter what, his posturing will not be believed in the Global Majority, it will not be believed by the American population,” she warned.

The reality of this statement continues to hit home, as the US’ allies around the world are increasingly turning against this war, with Italy, France and Spain even deciding to prevent the US military from utilising their bases. Additionally, The Economist has reported that Iran’s revenue from its oil exports has not only decreased, but has doubled since the war began – all while Western countries themselves struggle to avoid the massive impact the war is having on their economies. The European Commission is even encouraging nations to begin rationing their oil and gas consumption, and the US just announced the lowest job hiring levels since 2020.

Watch: French President Emmanuel Macron strongly criticised the US and Israel for launching military strikes against Iran. He warned that deciding to bomb a country simply because one dislikes its regime opens a dangerous Pandora’s box.

However, this is far bigger than merely another failed war at the hands of Anglo-American neocons. “We are in an unbelievable world shift,” stressed Zepp-LaRouche, adding: “And I think it goes much beyond just the situation on the ground in Southwest Asia… (an) epochal change is now there, and I don’t think it will be possible to patch things together in any shape or form as there was before (the war).” She further said: “NATO is de facto non-existent (which is not a bad thing), a fact made even more evident by Trump’s and Marco Rubio’s statements that the US is ‘reconsidering’ its involvement in NATO. Likewise, the European Union (EU) is completely divided, and the US Administration has effectively destroyed what little legitimacy the system of international law still had. And don’t forget that the trillions spent building bombs and war-fighting equipment has done nothing to undo the USD 2 quadrillion bubble of speculative assets strangling the US and European economies.”

Zepp-LaRouche noted: “So all the foundations of what you would call the post-war, post-Second World War order, or the post-Cold War order, clearly are in shambles. But I think it opens the possibility for a completely new design. And what we are proposing in this situation is a very, very forward-looking vision of completely reordering, especially Southwest Asia, but also beyond.” She insisted that it must take the form of an extended Oasis Plan – a “peace through development” approach which establishes the long-term basis for peace in a region that has otherwise been the subject of imperial geopolitics for over a century.

She continued: “So I think this is a moment where the country is in total turmoil, the whole world is in total turmoil, but it is these moments in history where ideas are more important than established mechanisms… In periods like this, when you have an order breaking down, ideas are the most important currency. So that is why what we are proposing right now, while many people may think this is a completely utopian idea, that it will never work, I’m actually quite confident that what we are proposing is so much in cohesion with the will of the majority of the world population that I think it has a chance to become reality.“

Therefore, if Artemis II helps to remind people of their humanity and common destiny – and what actually makes a society “great” – then it can become one of the forces that clarifies the needed pathway forward for the world.

With inputs from The Times of India, AFP & International Peace Coalition (IPC).

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