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It does not seem that in the current situation, when Russia's relationship with the U.S. is improving and tensions with Israel are likely to decrease, Moscow would want to strain these relations by sending advanced weapons to Iran,
Russia knows that the U.S. and Israeli military threat against Iran, if implemented, could weaken Iran, which is not in Russia's interest,
The more protracted that Sino-U.S. talks are, which could even descend into a global rivalry along the lines of the Soviet-U.S. one after World War II, the better it would be for Russia and Iran if they already reached their own deals with the U.S. since they could then balance between both camps,
It seems that in today's conditions, it is inappropriate to draw analogies with the development of bilateral relations with other countries, for example, North Korea,
The American president said that the United States had evidence that Iran continued to develop nuclear weapons, but no evidence was provided,
All the while, Russia, Iran, and India, as Chinese partners who by then would have also cut their own deals with the U.S. (India's being focused on trade unlike the other two's mostly geopolitical and resource deals), would be in a prime global position,
However, to put it bluntly, we are still under the impression of American unilateral actions that destroyed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was developed at the cost of enormous efforts, including on the part of Russian diplomacy and the expert community,
Russia is ready to assist in solving the problem of Iran's nuclear dossier, its relations with the United States and some of its neighbors in the region,
Andrey Baklanov, a Middle East specialist who previously served as Russian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and is today a professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, told Newsweek The Iranian nuclear one is important for both of them but in different ways: Russia is concerned about what the U.S. and Israel might do if Iran doesn't agree to a new nuclear deal, which could destabilize Russia's southern periphery, while the U.S. is concerned about Iran allegedly developing nukes,
These provisions are formulated very carefully and cautiously, ... If one of the Contracting Parties is subjected to aggression, the other Contracting Party should not provide any military or other assistance to the aggressor that contributes to the continuation of aggression."
Baklanov said, highlighting the section of the agreement that states It seems that the 'Deep State' in Iran has also become aware of the extent of Russia's support,
We see guarantees of security in the region not in strengthening military cooperation with a particular country or group of countries, but in creating a balanced regional collective security system with possible external sponsorship, for example, from Russia and the United States,
Cooperation between Tehran and Moscow had led to keeping Bashar al-Assad in power,
Javad Heirannia, director of the Persian Gulf Studies at the Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran, told Newsweek To that end, Russia could share with Iran what it's learned from engaging with Trump 2.0, namely his administration's very different worldview when compared to his predecessor's,
Therefore, ... Russia is trying to force Iran to come to the negotiating table and prevent a war."
A lot of people lost a whole lot of money over there in Russia. I think they’re going to be very reticent to want to go back. Once in a while, peace breaks out over there, but not very often,
oilman and Trump ally Harold Hamm recently told the Financial Times I'm not sure what kind of deal he's making, where he's giving everything that his opponent wants, nothing in return,
he added, according to Mediaite They may or may not have dirt on him, but they don't have to use it,
