Putin's plan completely surprised the Western countries, and the "three countries" mentioned by Brzezinski have not yet taken shape, and Russia and Iran have already fired real fire.
The Iranian Embassy in Russia recently said that a delegation led by Ahmadian, secretary general of the Iranian High Defense Council, and composed of Defense Minister Patrushev, has recently arrived in Moscow. The trip was Obama's first stop on Russia since he took office in May.
You must know that Choe Sun-hee, the head of North Korea, has just concluded her visit to Russia and made an official visit to **. At the same time, Putin also hinted that he would go to North Korea in the near future.
This means that the Russian side has just finished the talks with North Korea, and the next step is to hold talks with Iran. It can be said that Russia, North Korea, and Iran have gradually formed a big triangle, and they want to unite to counter the threat from the West, which is also a key sign that Putin's diplomatic strategy has begun to take shape after the Russian-Ukrainian war.
First of all, it is necessary to understand that relations between Russia and Iran are the most solid. Before the Russian-Ukrainian war, the cooperation between Russia and Iran had been good, and there were many similarities on issues such as anti-American, Syria, Iraq, etc.
Russia and Iran have formed an "anti-American" consensus under the threat of the United States, and it can be said that the friendly relations between the two countries are mainly based on "uniting against the United States." On the Syrian side, both countries have firmly supported Assad's Syrian forces, and both countries have sent troops during the Syrian civil war and have maintained close cooperation.
It is mentioned that Russia will supply Iran with captured Western **, but there is no mention of Iran's arms to Russia**. In the second half of 2022, the Ukrainian military destroyed an Iranian unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from **, which is Iran's self-developed Shahed-136 "suicide" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which is popular with Russia due to its cheapness and high strike efficiency. Now Russia also has its own production base, which can independently develop UAVs of this model.
Although the two sides clashed over the three islands of the Persian Gulf, and Iran specially summoned representatives of the Iranian embassy to send a letter to Moscow, it now seems that this is only a minor issue and will not have a negative impact on the relations between the two sides. Iran's Deputy Defense Minister Mehdi Al-Farahi did confirm that Iran will receive Russian Su-35 fighter jets and Mi-28 attacks***
Among them, Russia and the DPRK have the closest cooperation, involving not only the military, but also other aspects. Bilateral relations have been strengthening since Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited North Korea in July. In September, four years later, North Korea's leader met with Russia at the highest level, and held summit-level talks with Putin. The following month, on October 18, Russian Minister Sergei Lavrov left Pyongyang for North Korea; In January, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Moscow during a visit and met with Putin.
Cooperation between the two countries in the military is deepening day by day. Now it seems that North Korea has a lot of support for Russian troops, including conventional **, but also North Korean ballistic missiles. As an example, the Ukrainian military not so long ago found a short-range strategic missile called "Huo-11" on the territory of the DPRK.
And the connection between Iran and North Korea, because the distance between the two countries is too far, one is in the Middle East and the other is in Northeast Asia, and there are not many contacts between the two countries. But since Trump** overturned the JCPOA in 2017, Iran's ties with North Korea have continued to warm. North Korea and Iran have been developing ballistic missiles in recent years.
North Korea's nuclear tests, missile technology and Iran's missile tests have been involved, and North Korea has been involved in private cooperation with Iran, with North Korean missile technicians helping Iran launch aircraft and North Korea being involved in sending some supplies to Iran, according to Bloomberg.
At the moment, Iran is a conservative country that does not want to engage with the West and does not want to have closer relations with countries such as China and Russia. Therefore, the ties between Iraq and the DPRK are bound to become even closer.
It refers to the concept of cooperation among China, Russia and Iran.
After all, in the trilateral relationship, both sides are in a similar situation, and Russia may have more power, but Iran can maintain a similar balance with them. In addition, the desire of Russia, Iran, and the DPRK to "stay warm together" is very urgent, and this desire is the greatest driving force for the three countries to form a big "iron triangle."
Full text summaryPutin's plan is surprisingly different from that of the West, and he has built a large triangle of Russia, Iran and North Korea to confront the West. Relations between Russia and Iran have always been strong, and the two countries have much in common on issues such as Syria and Iraq. Before the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia and Iran had been working well together and worked closely together during the war in Syria.