Russian Federation Eases Nuclear Export Ban On Iran

Russian Federation and Iran are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s crucial military backers and their position on his future as leader is being closely watched as a precondition for ending the war in the country.

The decree, issued on the exact same day as Putin arrived on an official visit in Iran, said Russian companies were authorized to export hardware and to supply technical and fiscal guidance to help Iran with three particular jobs. The vote would determine a new parliament, though not necessarily a new president.

Attention is now focused on stopping ISIL group extremists, who previous year took control of large parts of Syria and surged into Iraq, from breaching Assad’s defences and taking Damascus.

Tehran and Moscow are the regional allies of the Assad government in Syria’s long-lasting conflict.

After the meeting Putin stressed that “political negotiations” are the only viable way of reaching a final resolution to the Syrian crisis, but for now, Russia’s air campaign is yielding “positive results”, an assessment that is shared by the Iranian side. Iran backs Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters who are battling alongside Assad’s troops against opposition rebels.

This shared goal has seen Iran send commanders from its elite Revolutionary Guards to support and advise Assad’s forces, with Tehran coordinating a collection of Shia militias on the ground.

Ali Khamenei urged for closer Iranian-Russian relations in order to counteract the USA policy.

Russian Federation is emerging as a long-term arms partner for Iran, despite the countries having a complicated history over territory, oil, business and communism.

Putin’s arrival in Iran was eagerly anticipated, with the Etemad newspaper running a banner headline that announced “The Tsar of the East in the heart of Tehran” under a front-page picture of the Russian leader.

“Before Moscow, French President will visit Washington, and we consider it as a creation of the widest anti-terrorist coalition”, he said, adding that Putin and Hollande would meet again during a conference in Paris on November 30.

On November 9, Russian Federation signed a new contract with Iran on the delivery of “about 300” S-300 air defense systems, according to Russias state technologies corporation Rostec.