CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow this week — confirmed by CBS, ABC, and the Wall Street Journal as a warning to Russia against testing NATO. But sourcing also shows he raised Iran and the Strait of Hormuz in the same meetings. We break down what’s confirmed, what’s spin, and why the timing — right before a reported Pezeshkian-Putin meeting at the SCO summit — might matter more than the headline.
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