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| April 22, 2025I wrote in January: “Russia and Iran have signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, ‘pledging to promote a new fair and sustainable multipolar world order.’ The two countries have been staunch allies in Russia’s war with Ukraine, with Iran supplying Russia with drones.
Now Iran needs favors from Russia in the form of military intelligence, defense and weaponry, as the Islamic regime now finds itself considerably weakened. Both countries have been diminished by war: Iran via its war against Israel, waged through its key proxy, Hizballah, as well as its client Hamas. In addition, Iran has lost another client and strong ally, Syria, with the fall of the Assad regime. Russia, meanwhile, has been in a drawn-out war of attrition with Ukraine.”
Max Bergmann from the Center for Strategic & International Studies stated last year:
Russia now really formulates its approach to the region through the prism of confrontation with the West over Ukraine. I would actually argue it’s a confrontation over global order. So, it’s not just about the territorial configuration of Ukraine, but that now dictates Russia’s approach to the Middle East……
The one broad dynamic is just more confrontation. The logic of confrontation with the West is really dictating Russia’s approach to the region….
In February 2024, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, told the General Assembly that Russia was “deepening its ties with global forces of destabilization, chiefly Iran.” Erdan’s comments “came ahead of the parley” that Moscow was about to hold with Palestinian factions, including Hamas. As it turns out, Russia then slammed Israel “for provoking Iran.”
A dangerous pattern has been building as Western interests are being aggressively undermined, as well as that of Israel. Iran did not waste any time as its agreement with Putin was ratified. Iran’s Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is now headed to Beijing “to discuss the latest talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump on the country’s nuclear programme.”
It’s obvious that Iran is shoring up support in “readiness” to face the Trump administration’s tough policy on Iran, not to mention Israel’s. Last month, Netanyahu thanked Trump for giving Israel “the tools we need to finish the job against Iran’s terror axis” and days ago, Netanyahu vowed that “Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.”
“Putin ratifies agreement on strategic partnership with Iran,” TASS News Agency, April 21, 2025:
MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on ratification of the agreement on the comprehensive strategic partnership with Iran.
The document was posted on the official web portal of legal information.
The agreement sets out the legal framework for further development of cooperation between Moscow and Tehran for the long-term perspective. It enshrines the status of Russia and Iran as strategic partners and covers all the spheres, including defense, combating terrorism, energy, finance, transport, industry, agriculture, science, culture and technologies.…
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