Russia

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Russian Bomber Shot Down by Turks

What does this mean for the Russian/Iranian effort to wrest control of this conflict?


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Putin to Meet Khamenei in Tehran

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet personally with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday, when the Russian leader visits Iran’s capital of Tehran.  The official purpose for the diplomatic visit is to address “issues in bilateral relations, including atomic energy, oil and gas and military-technical cooperation”, according to Putin aid Yury Ushakov, who confirmed that […]


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The Limits of Chaos

To become the regional power they intend to be, Iran will have to alter its historical methods. Recent changes to their approach to the war in Syria show the beginning of that shift.


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The Glories of the New Order

A roundup of the many ways the Iran Deal has rewarded us since the Senate filibuster waved President Obama’s deal through.


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Iran and Russia Are Defining the New Middle East

Another Iranian commander killed in the fighting, as Russian propaganda paints the war as a fight against “U.S.-backed Islamic terrorists.”


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Iran’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Accidentally Tells the Truth, Part Four

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov on the Deal: “These Iranians are truly geniuses. Not only do they not give anything in exchange, but they receive something in exchange for what they receive!”


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White House-Allied Iran Lobby Claims AP Invented Side Deal Document, Blames Israel

NIAC’S Trita Parsi is furious someone leaked a “side deal” and, like his patrons in Tehran, he knows who to blame.