Russia, China helping Iran: Hegseth

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Washington, July 22 US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators that Russia and China were helping Iran as Tehran resumed attacks on commercial shipping and the United States intensified military operations around the Strait of Hormuz. Hegseth disclosed the assistance during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s request for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding. About $67 billion of the package is intended for the military. Republican Senator John Hoeven asked whether Moscow and Beijing were helping Iran and, if so, how. “There are ways in which both of those countries are limiting at different levels, enabling some…

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