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Drawing on press reports, public statements by Iranian, Russian, U.S., and British govern-ment officials, and other open-source analysis, we first briefly survey Russian-Iranian relations from 1979 to 2022 and describe Tehran’s initial response to Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine.
In this environment, Russia and Iran have moved towards a much closer relationship than at any time since the Iranian revolution of 1979, based on pragmatic and strategic considerations.
From 1909 until 1989, Russo-Iranian military cooperation was non-existent, as they sided with each other's enemies. Iran expanded ties with the United Kingdom (1909-1925), Germany (1925-1941), and the United States (1941-1979), to which Russia responded by invading Iran in 1914
A delegation from the Russian Ministry of Defense, headed by General Ossipov, arrived in Iran on 24 December 2018 to work on the implementation of a military cooperation agreement and to strengthen military cooperation in Syria and the Caucasus.50.
Relations with Iran and areas of cooperation with it are a lively topic of dis-cussion in Moscow. Diverse opinions are expressed by the Russian elite, politicians and state administrators. Although the Russian Ambassador to Tehran believes that ‘Russia’s policy vis-à-vis Iran is above faction and all
The Eurasian dimension of Russia–Iran relations illustrates the continuities in Russia’s foreign policy towards Iran, which has been focused on maintaining relations with its influential southern neighbour and engaging in a dialogue on regional issues ranging from the Caspian Sea to Afghanistan.
Since 2012, Russian–Iranian relations have experienced a significant change of course. As opposed to the previous decade of Russian–Iranian relations, both the Russian and Iranian authorities are seriously intended
