Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Russia and Iran's growing friendship shows their weakness not their strength

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham

Facing economic and military difficulties in his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president Vladimir Putin popped up this week in Iran’s capital Tehran. His plan was to show the world that, despite sanctions on Moscow and international aid for Ukraine’s resistance, he was not isolated.

Putin got his photo opportunity with Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who bashed the US and Nato, insisting: “If you [Russia] had not taken the initiative, the other side would have caused the war with its own initiative.”…

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