There was a potentially high-impact development this week, which was reported by M. K. Bhadrakumar at his India Punchline blog https://www.indianpunchline.com/decoding-irans-missile-drone-strikes/.
His article addresses the strategic allies defense agreement between Russia and Iran that many have been expecting.
A key excerpt:
On Monday, finally, the Russian Defence Ministry disclosed in a rare statement that Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu called his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani to convey that Moscow has agreed to sign the pact.
The background preparation for this agreement has been going on for years, and now we have an announcement by the Russians that the agreement is about to be finalized.
This tells the U.S. that an attack on Iran is an attack on Russia. It implies that some advanced military hardware from Russia has already been installed in Iran, and that military technology has already been exchanged between Iran and Russia. from comment:
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/01/michael-hudson-on-russia-iran-and-the-red-sea-natos-war-economy-collapses.html#comment-3985016The entire Western world, led by the United States, is rushing towards its end. It is a pity that the Western media did not cover the moment of this agreement, which has already led to the fact that decision-makers will not take this factor into account. As we say, "Annushka has already spilled the oil" (a reference to the novel "Master and Margarita").
How events will unfold next is not hard to predict.
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