Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, today ratified a 20-year strategic partnership between Russia and Iran, Reuters reports.
The strategic partnership document was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on 17 January and represented a deepening of military ties between the countries.
The agreement said Russia and Iran would consult and cooperate to deal with military and security threats, and take part in joint military drills on both their territories and beyond.
There are rumors of a US-Israel hot war against Iran kicking off in a matter of weeks. Seems like Russia is probably going to fast-track a strategic alliance as a last-second deterrent against the imperialists plans for Iran.
I hope Syria at least serves to wake up these countries outside the western control bloc to do more than just stand back and watch the pillars of imperial resistance (however misaligned they might be otherwise) as they come under attack one by one.