The Iranian authorities have hinted that military-technical cooperation (MTC) with Russia will continue regardless of whether taken in the fall of this year, the UN embargo on the sale of conventional weapons. In particular, the ambiguous statement to this effect was made by Iran’s Deputy foreign Minister Sayed Kazem sajjadpour, noting that relations with Russia are “the right way”. In the expert community believe that in its response to the situation around the Tehran, the Kremlin will adhere to both in principle and transactional approaches.
That Tehran will continue to cooperate with Russia, even in the case of extending the UN embargo, sajjadpour said the results of IV Russian-Iranian dialogue, organized by the club “Valdai” in partnership with the Institute for political and international studies (IPIS).
In any case, relations with Russia are on the right track, the diplomat said, commenting on the risks of extending the gun ban. — We will continue working with Russia, regardless of whether or not it will be adopted this resolution.
According to him, the countries have friendly relations, which will eventually only improve.
Sajjadpour also expressed hope that Moscow and Beijing will work together to oppose the anti-Iranian actions of the US and refuse to accept the UN security Council the us resolution, which provides for the continuation of the arms embargo against Tehran. It requires approval of all members of the UN Security Council.
We are waiting for support not only from Russia and China, but also from any reasonable member of the international community, because in this case the United States impose their own internal formats to the international system, which is contrary to the interests of any country in the world — added sajjadpour.
The theme of ending in accordance with the UN resolution ban on military-technical cooperation with Iran was raised during a telephone conversation on 16 July between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. The leader of the Islamic Republic stated that “the special value of conservation and the implementation of the nuclear deal as an international agreement between the signatory parties and the fight against US unilateralism on keeping the arms embargo in respect of Iran”.
The extension of anti-Iran restrictions are actively promoting US. If they will not be able to push this scenario through the UN security Council, we can expect that Washington uses a legal trick, “returns” of the embargo. US military intelligence says that Iran has plans to acquire the Russian su-30 fighters, training aircraft Yak-130 and T-90 tanks. It was also reported that Tehran is interested in the purchase of s-400 and “Bastions”.
Future weapons deals between Russia and Iran defines anti-American character of Russian policy. However, considering��t Western scholars, the situation looks not so unequivocal. There is a hypothesis that the Kremlin is afraid to worsen relations with other situational partners in the middle East — Saudi Arabia and Israel, for whom Iran is the “number one enemy” in the region. As shown by the “oil war” that erupted this year, Riyadh does not hesitate to resort to restrictive measures against Moscow.
On the other hand, said American analysts, the Kremlin may consider the sale of arms to Iran as a way to punish the Saudis for the depreciation of man-made oil. But it is possible to use a transactional approach: Russia is able to agree to a freeze under any pretext of the arms deals with Iran in exchange for compensatory purchases of Russian weapons by Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As for Israel, which in the past has made Russia’s ban on the sale of certain weapons to the Iranians, he, contrary to expectations, is unlikely to engage in serious opposition in the relations with Moscow on this occasion, experts say. “Buy” the acquiescence of tel Aviv is possible by increasing the operational freedom of action in Syria.
Analysts conclude: it is important that the Russian government can offer in exchange for the freezing of potential arms transfers.
