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Putin ally holds talks in Iran as Middle East teeters on brink of wider war
Reuters ^ | 8/5/2024 | Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan

Posted on 08/05/2024 8:51:29 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian leaders including the president and top security officials as the Islamic Republic weighs its response to the killing of a Hamas leader.

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Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's security council, was shown by Russia's Zvezda television station meeting Rear Admiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander who serves as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.

Shoigu, who was Russia's defence minister before being moved to the security council in May, will also meet President Masoud Pezeshkian, Zvezda said.

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Iran has blamed Israel and said it will "punish" it; Israeli officials have not claimed responsibility. Iran backs Hamas, which is at war with Israel in Gaza, and also the Lebanese group Hezbollah whose senior military commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut last week.

Russia has cultivated closer ties with Iran since the start of its war with Ukraine and has said it is preparing to sign a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with the Islamic State.

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Russia said last Friday that it joined Iran in condemning the assassination of the Hamas leader and pointing out "the extremely dangerous consequences of such actions".

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: hamas; iran; islam; russia

1 posted on 08/05/2024 8:51:29 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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2 posted on 08/05/2024 9:00:37 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Who is John Galt?

Islam is a death cult.


3 posted on 08/05/2024 9:01:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

the Russian visitor should be careful not to stay too long


4 posted on 08/05/2024 9:13:41 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

Lol...and why is that?


5 posted on 08/05/2024 9:32:12 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: marcusmaximus

Like the T-shirt I had made after 9-11.

“Crusade Against The Mohammaden Death Cult”


6 posted on 08/05/2024 9:39:04 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: marcusmaximus

So a war in Iran could keep your inter-net scam going when the Ukraine grift falls apart?


7 posted on 08/05/2024 9:40:22 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: marcusmaximus

Would be wonderful to see Tehran turned into a glass parking lot.


8 posted on 08/05/2024 10:21:19 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: Who is John Galt?

A gift from Biden & Co..


9 posted on 08/05/2024 1:29:39 PM PDT by Vaduz
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