خلاصه ماشینی:
Those who speculate about possible reduced relations between Iran and Russia in the coming years mainly argue that the priority of Iran’s foreign policy during the pragmatic-moderate government of Hassan Rouhani would be to remove economic sanctions, increase the volume of energy exports, and attract foreign investments in order to solve Iran’s economic problems.
S. rapprochement in the new circumstances is more due to tackling economic, political and military threats from the United States, rather than establishing close strategic relations.
The Syrian crisis has shown that Iran- Russia cooperation in resolving regional issues better preserves their interests and has the potential to lead the two countries towards expanded cooperation in a broader Middle East context in the Persian Gulf, the Levant, the Caucasus, Central and South Asia.
This regional and strategic logic behind Iran-Russia relations will strengthen the traditional form of ties between the two countries which are based on nuclear cooperation and transfer of sophisticated defensive weapons systems, such as S-300 or the substitute system, to Iran, the two items that the West has never been keen to provide to Iran.
The Geneva nuclear deal and the prospective comprehensive agreement might somehow remove the persistent lack of trust between Iran and the United States, but given the independent characteristic of Iran’s sources of power and its ambition for having a global status as a regional power, the country will remain interested to expand relations with Russia.