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Iran And Russia: Too Close For Comfort – OpEd

When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met at the Kremlin on January 17, 2025 to sign a new treaty, the media were not much interested.  The world’s attention was focused on other matters.  The war in Ukraine was in its third year, the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza was still unresolved.Yet the Iran–Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, which came into force on October 2, has significant implications for the Western alliance.  The new treaty, developed out of years of ever-tighter Western sanctions on both parties, aims to…