Iran clashes with Putin, who refuses to arm Tehran

MoscowIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has apparently left Moscow empty-handed. His ally, Vladimir Putin, has no intention of becoming militarily involved in the Middle East conflict, despite the fact that, according to Reuters, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei turned up his nose at his equidistance. After meeting in the Kremlin on Monday, neither side gave any hint of possible Russian support for Tehran.

Only Sergei Ryabkov, one of the spokespersons for Russian diplomacy, has suggested that it would be "irresponsible" to give details of the cooperation. Iran's object of desire is the Russian S-300 or S-400 anti-aircraft batteries, which the Russian army cannot do without in the midst of the war in Ukraine, although Putin stated last week that the Iranian government had rejected the offer of a defensive missile system months ago.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Russian president condemned "unprovoked aggression" against Iran "without basis or justification" and reiterated "efforts to assist the Iranian people," in what was probably Putin's harshest statement against the United States since Donald Trump took office. However, the Kremlin insists on the need for de-escalation and rules out the possibility that the conflict in the Middle East will affect the diplomatic thaw with the new US administration.

The Iranian minister thanked Russia for standing "on the right side of history and international law," but the reality is that Putin continues to balance things out to avoid endangering its interests. Thus, he criticizes the Israeli and US attacks against a sovereign state, deliberately ignoring the fact that it is the same thing that Russian planes do in Ukraine, or denounces Israel's biased interpretation of the United Nations Charter's right to self-defense to justify the bombing of Iran, when the Kremlin has been using these principles to legitimize its aggression against Kiev for three years. Notte, an expert on Russia, the Middle East, and nuclear weapons, says the Israeli missiles support the Kremlin's worldview based on the axiom that "might makes right" and allow it to deflect criticism from its own violations of international law. "As for Russia, the Russian bombing of Kiev early Monday morning, which left at least eight dead and thirty wounded, has not received a reprimand from Trump. military to which, by the way, the treaty of mutual strategic cooperation does not oblige it. supported by Africa Korps, a paramilitary group under the command of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Warning in NATO

Between one meeting and another, Putin has changed the pacifying tone he has displayed when addressing the Middle East crisis to a threatening tone when referring to NATO. He has also attacked the "scare stories" that these countries have supposedly "invented" about a "possible invasion of Europe." During the graduation ceremony for military universities, the Russian president also announced the serial production of the new system of Oreshnik long-range hypersonic ballistic missiles, the crown jewel of the Russian armyHe claims it has provided "excellent combat performance," referring to the single launch carried out last November in Ukraine.