Russia and Iran have recently had diplomatic contradictions. Iran summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires in Iran to raise the issue of sovereignty over the three islands in the Persian Gulf. The disputed island, located near the Hormu Strait, has been in the spotlight due to a dispute between the UAE and Iran. Russia's attitude has provoked discontent in Iran. At the same time, Israel infuriated Iran ** by carrying out airstrikes on Iranian Revolutionary Guard strongholds inside Syria, which resulted in losses. As a result, the situation in the region has become very complicated. First, diplomatic contradictions have arisen between Russia and Iran. Russia does not dispute the fait accompli of Iran's de facto control over the three islands, but at the 6th Arab Russia Forum, the forum issued a statement questioning Iran's de facto control over the islands, which provoked Iran's discontent.
Iran considers Russia's inconsistent statements inappropriate and expresses its dissatisfaction. The contradictory statements that questioned Iran's control of the three islands at the forum naturally provoked Iranian discontent, so Iran's mood is completely understandable. In addition, Iran needs Russia's support to jointly counter US hegemony, but as a regional power, Iran does not want to be controlled by Russia. Although Russia has a moral advantage in countering US hegemony, it has some limitations and mistakes in its diplomacy towards Iran, and it may sometimes appear a little "self-righteous", so Iran's dissatisfaction is also normal. Therefore, this diplomatic contradiction needs to be properly resolved through peace talks, and any attempt to escalate the contradiction is inappropriate.
Russia must recognize that diplomatic relations with Iran should be based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and international law, as well as dialogue on an equal footing. Any attempt to intervene in the control of Iran is wrong. At the same time, when the Iranian coalition actively counterattacked Israel and the United States, a key divergence arose in Russian-Iranian relations. At this critical moment, the stronghold of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria was attacked by the Israel Defense Forces, which caused strong dissatisfaction among Raisi. The IRGC adviser may have been a military adviser. Israel's choice of this time for the attack seems very appropriate, because during this period, the Iranian coalition is fighting back against Israel in an all-out way, and there are contradictions within Israel. At the same time, there is a rift in relations between Iran and Russia.
In this case, Iran will need to deal not only with diplomacy with Russia, but also with the situation in the Palestinian war, so it is natural that attention and investment in Syria will decrease. It was in this context that the Israeli army seized the opportunity to attack the strongholds of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, giving them a blow. Israel's attack may be motivated by resentment with Iran, but it may also be an attempt to further divide and weaken relations between Iran and Russia. As a powerful country in the Middle East, Iran has long supported the participation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the just struggle of the Syrian and Palestinian peoples. Recently, Iran also publicly demonstrated its strength to Israel by publicly demonstrating cruise missiles with a range of up to 1500 km. This has further fueled Israel's hatred and resentment against Iran.
Israel has been looking for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, resolutely striking at their channels of support for Palestine and Syria. Thus, Israel chose to carry out air strikes in the Syrian direction, striking at the strongholds of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps on Syrian territory, as a result of which advisers to the Syrian army were killed. This dealt a blow to the ongoing modernization of Syria and the operation against the rebels. It has also weakened the Syrian army's ability to support the Palestinian people in their just struggle. The move will also exacerbate tensions between Syria, Iran and Russia. Thus, Israel succeeded in killing three birds with one stone. Netanyahu's seemingly risky move has affected Israel's control of the situation in the Middle East to a certain extent. The current situation in the Middle East requires that Arab countries, Iran, and Russia must unite as one, put aside historical differences, and work together to resist Israel as a priority.
Although the territorial dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates has attracted much attention, the priority facing Middle Eastern countries and Russia at the moment is to support the Palestinian struggle for independence, because the Palestinian-Israeli issue is the core contradiction in the Middle East. Russia's diplomatic mistakes have led to the gradual escalation of territorial disputes in the Middle East, which seem to have surpassed the level of Palestinian-Israeli contradictions, and this practice has had a great adverse impact on the Palestinian people.