Hugh Cameron – NEWSWEEK.com Dec 24, 2024
What’s New?
Russia and Iran plan to formalize relations with the signing of a new strategic partnership treaty in the days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The news was broken by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, who told reporters on Monday that he hoped the leaders of the two nations would sign the agreement “at the end of January,” Russian state-owned outlet Sputnik reported.
Newsweek has contacted the foreign affairs ministries of Iran and Russia for comment.
Why It Matters
The new treaty, potentially occurring just days prior to Trump’s inauguration on January 20, signals an attempt by the two nations to combine their respective powers in the face of growing isolation on the world stage.
Russia and Iran are members of what analysts at the Center for New American Security have dubbed the Axis of Upheaval, a group of states, which also features China and North Korea, that have increasingly positioned themselves as opponents of Western powers.
The two nations have been heavily sanctioned and censured by the U.S. and its allies over the past few years, the former as a result of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the latter because of concerns over alleged, covert attempts to develop nuclear weapons as well as the actions of its military proxies in the Middle East.
What To Know
A treaty with Iran has been in the works for years, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, which in early 2022 claimed that a “major new interstate agreement” was being finalized, without providing specifics.
In late October, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the 16th annual BRICS summit in Kazan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the agreement would be ready for the two leaders’ signatures in the near future, and that this will “will formalize the parties’ commitment to close defense cooperation and interaction in the interests of regional and global peace and security.”
“An agreement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran will be an important factor of strengthening Russia-Iran relations,” Lavrov said at the International Conference on Eurasian Security.
The new bilateral treaty will replace the 20-year strategic agreement signed between the countries in 2001 and extended in 2020 and is said to contain promises of cooperation in areas such as energy, manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, according to state-linked Iranian outlet Mehr News Agency.
In mid-2023, Russian outlet News.ru noted that difficulties had arisen in constructing the new treaty as a result of Russia’s alleged support of the United Arab Emirates’ claims to islands in the Strait of Hormuz that Iran considers part of its territory. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the parties were still working on the “speedy completion” of the document.
Russia and Iran have in the past collaborated in these economic areas while also working to bypass their respective sanctions. In October, Pezeshkian described the relationship between the two nations as “strategic and sincere,” and said that economic and cultural cooperation was “getting stronger day by day.”
In September, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Iran of supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine, though Tehran has denied reports claiming it was doing so.
What People Are Saying
Mohammed Soliman, director of Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program, Middle East Institute, in comments to Breaking Defense in July: “A comprehensive agreement might formalize closer political ties, potentially strengthening their shared opposition to the West, particularly in light of the Ukraine conflict and sanctions. While not explicitly mentioned, the agreement could lead to further collaboration on military technology or intelligence sharing.”
What Happens Next?
A Russian delegation led by deputy prime ministers Alexei Overchuk and Vitaly Savelev arrived in Tehran on Monday, according to Iranian media reports, where they are set meet with Pezeshkian. The new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement will be discussed during the meetings, according to Iran International.
“The strategic pact will include a defence agreement that could mean that if another country attacks either Russia or Iran then one signatory will be required to assist militarily the signatory that has been attacked has been attacked”
A very contradicting statement here. If the Orange Man is pro-Israhell, and should Iran execute their third strike against the kike state as another article here on TTF states; how’s does the strategic pact mentioned above come into play?
We are living in just more than interesting times. More like Bizzaro world.
Trump doesn’t want to stop war, he wants to stop one so he can wage another. Maybe he thinks Putin is stupid, or he’s just in awe of him? In the Middle East he’d only be taking on Putin again as Russia stands by its ally Iran. Maybe Trump plans to say he stopped Putin in Ukraine but look! Putin’s at war again in the Middle East! He really IS a bad dude. Maybe he thinks we’re all stupid, or we’re just in awe of him?
The russkies are renowned for their pacts.they always fail.remember the Warsaw pact?they just disbanded and partnered with the west.the russo-syriac alliance against Usrael also failed.
It appears the global synagogue syndicate of Jew bankers/rabbis governing NATO/Russia/Iran are preparing the alliance obligations for Waste Whitey III, similar to the elaborate ones preceding Waste Whitey I.
Lets be clear, “West” is zio-masonic occupation and nothing else. White people are full of parasites, chemically nutered and spun into to a smokescreen maze of legal bullshit, as everyone are running their lievs through (((their))) false titles(ALL CAPS NAMES).
Too bad its all bunk & staged.
Jew reveals in 60 Minutes episode ‘The Pager Plot’ that Jews rule the world ‘behind the scenes like Truman Show’. All these ‘nations’ are simply following a script handed to them by the Israel Overlords.
@ MM RIGHT ON !
@Dr Who right on !
“Russia and Iran are members of what analysts at the Center for New American Security have dubbed the Axis of Upheaval” … Axis of Upheaval, huh? hahaha Center for New American Security, eh? BWAHAHA Security is fairly easy; remove any and all influence of Jewry and stop shitting all over other countries trying to mind their own business. In fact, ban the Jew altogether, exile them on a emote island and strictly forbid any contact with the outside world or they get incinerated. Poof: peace.
Axis of Upheaval…rolling my eyes…Orwellian double-speak and satanic inversion since upheaval is not only the mission of Jewry, it’s their law, followed by destruction.
Iran would do well to consider how the pact between Russia and Syria worked out….
Another subplot in the worldwide production of distractionary theater scripted and directed by the criminally insane production team of Shlomo and the Satanic Tribe of Homicidal Maniacs, with the surface title of As the Whirled Turns, but the plot twist, or twisted plot really, being the title is actually Goys Must Go, or Waste Whitey as Nico calls it. Really hoping for a surprise ambush cameo by the Almighty, but I’m not sure the Almighty could actually give a squatting shit about our plight…
Umbra
only viable way out of this sewer society is Nico’s the ‘4 Stages to Power’