Russia-Iran Ties Hit Unexpected Snag

Newsweek ^ | 6/11/2024 | Brendan Cole

[marcusmaximus]

Russia has rolled back on comments suggesting that a major agreement with Iran had been suspended due to problems it faced with Tehran.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, Tehran has supplied Moscow's war machine with equipment such as the Shahed drone, which has been used to attack Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.

In September of that year, work on a new treaty between Moscow and Tehran was announced during a meeting between Putin and the late President of the Islamic Republic, Ebrahim Raisi.

Russia's Foreign Ministry had said in January that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty was in the final stages of being agreed and signed by Putin and Raisi.

But after the death of Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash in May, it appears that the agreement has been delayed. Zamir Kabulov, a director in the Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told state news agency RIA Novosti that a comprehensive agreement between the countries had been put on hold.

"The process, of course, has been suspended due to problems with Iranian partners," he told the agency in comments that were widely reported by other outlets, although he added, "I have no doubt that it will be completed."

However, Iran's ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, told the Vedomosti news agency that the agreement would be ready after the presidential elections on June 28 for Raisi's successor.

[ansel12]

If you have a personal grudge with someone on FR which you shouldn’t, at least conduct it with them and not send weird posts to others about it.

[MeganC]

Thank you.

[kiryandil]

It is called trolling to do this sort of thread hijacking and spamming.

I talked about Tehran - Iran is the subject of the article.

You'd have more of a case with me talking about the United States lifting the weapons and training ban on Ukraine's Azov "Nazi" Brigade.