The Strategic Convergence of Russia and Iran

[Drumboy44]

The U.S. cannot drive a wedge between Russia and Iran in the near term. Tehran and Moscow share regional and global interests across the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Their common interests and overarching objective of expelling the U.S. from the Middle East will likely bind Iran and Russia together into an enduring partnership.

The Trump administration reportedly seeks to drive a wedge between Russia and Iran in Syria. Officials have suggested that the U.S. could exploit natural tensions between the two states and persuade Russia to check Iran in the Middle East. This notion assumes that cooperation between the two countries is limited to tactical efforts in Syria and misses the deep strategic convergence between Moscow and Tehran. Iran and Russia share many fundamental and enduring common interests and strategic objectives, most notably the expulsion of the U.S. from the Middle East.

Iran and Russia are historic rivals and dissimilar regimes. Each poses a unique threat to the existing international order. Russia aims to reestablish itself as a global superpower and restore the multipolar world of the Cold War at the expense of the U.S. and Europe.

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/the-strategic-convergence-of-russia-and-iran

 

[ThunderStealer]

I've been waiting for this. RF will grow it's influence in Afghanistan (in the name of fighting ISIS), and I'd assume eventually Iraq. Since Iraq is basically a proxy of Iran now, that won't be hard to do, they can control it via Iran. They'll take over large chunks of the ME in the name of hating America while solidifying their stake in that region.