[robomatik]

"Though Russia has no alliances with Iran,..."

huh? wtf? huh?

[bert]

For Russia, Iran is a customer.

Presently, jobs trump ruling the world. Iran provides jobs for Russian workers

[lbryce]

While mutual economic development, business alliances, military cooperation certainly exist between the two, he must have meant there are no military alliances as mutual defense pact whereby Russia would react in case of attack on Iran.