Moscow and Tehran cement 'holy alliance' against the West
The Iranians come to Putin's rescue with Shahed kamikaze drones. Used mainly against the Ukrainian energy network, they also mow down the civilian population. Russia and the Islamic Republic see the US as a common enemy. An internal collapse of the ayatollahs' regime would also have repercussions for the Kremlin.
Moscow (AsiaNews) - Military and geopolitical experts see a "holy alliance against the West" in Iran's military aid to Russia, which is increasingly struggling in the invasion war in Ukraine. This was revealed in an analysis by the Rbc information group (RusBiznesConsulting).
Ever since the first sanctions on Russia after the start of the invasion in February, the Russian media have commented that their country "is becoming like Iran", which has been under sanctions pressure from the West for decades, describing a kind of natural affinity between Moscow and Tehran.
The analogy grew stronger as the months passed and sanctions intensified. Most of the big Western companies distanced themselves from the toxicity of doing business with the Russians: today at the European level there is a debate on whether or not to apply to Russia the label of 'sponsor of terrorism', the status with which Iran has been identified for many years.
After eight months of tensions, it was inevitable that the two 'rogue countries' would draw closer not only on an ideological level, but also on a strategic one, sharing the experience of international isolation and the same contempt for people's rights and freedoms. Russia and Iran are also united in their attempt to subvert the world order, which sees the United States in a pre-eminent position.
The Iranian kamikaze-drones are not only an economic-military supply, all experts say, but also a descent of Tehran into the global war, which sees Russia siding against NATO and the US. The negative development of the conflict with Kiev does not allow Russia to extol the 'annexation' of part of Ukrainian territory, of which it does not have full control.
Moscow must somehow prove its superiority over its adversaries, especially to please domestic public opinion, which is bewildered after a month of mobilisation, which is very difficult for Russian citizens to accept. Iran was the answer to all uncertainties, with the cheap sale of an indefinite mass of drones. According to Ukrainian President Zelenskyj, Russia bought some 2,400 of these Shahed, which put the lives of Ukrainian civilians, far from the front line, at risk.
The targets of the drones are energy infrastructure, but people's homes also collapse under the blows, as in Kiev. Each attack is greeted with enthusiasm by Russian propagandists, who tell of it as a success of 'liberation from Nazism', but these apparent successes have little effect on developments on the war front.
Weapon systems like the Shahed are unable to stop the Ukrainian counterattack in the disputed areas. They only serve to spread terror among the population, as analysts at the Institute for the Study of War also confirm.
Tehran, however, avoids official support for the Russian war against Ukraine, reiterating a position of apparent neutrality with ritual statements on the 'peaceful regulation of the conflict', along the lines of the positions of India and China. However, in Putin's July meeting with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Russian attack was described as 'pre-emptive', making it clear that Iran felt a sense of solidarity with Russia at a time when the possible restoration of the West's nuclear agreements with Iran, a decisive factor in the country's internal life, was being discussed.
Now Iran is being shaken by the women's protest, which appears not only descriptive of opinions on the life of the population, but also very incisive in its criticism of the entire political-ideological system of the ayatollahs' regime. If Iran were to explode, the consequences would also be felt inside the Kremlin bunker.
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