Putin’s Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran - Opinion
The geopolitical tapestry of misinformation and imperial ambitions.
The Russian and Iranian Presidents meet in Moscow last month. Increasingly, Tehran is acting not just as an ally but as a proxy for Russia in the Middle East, much as it has its own regional proxies, the writers maintain.(photo credit: SPUTNIK/REUTERS)BySTEPAN STEPANENKO, CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM