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Editors’ Pick

August 6, 2021

Iran and Russia Are Growing Closer

Putin’s foreign minister entertained Hizballah in Moscow.

While there are many issues about which Tehran and Moscow don’t see eye to eye, Bat Chen Feldman and Daniel Rakov argue that the two governments have grown closer over the past year. The Kremlin is likely selling weapons and other military technology to the Islamic Republic, and both have invested a great deal of effort in keeping Bashar al-Assad in power in Syria. But their relationship goes even further:

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