{"id":15957,"date":"2025-01-17T13:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=15957"},"modified":"2025-01-17T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:18:24","slug":"russia-and-iran-to-sign-partnership-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/russia-and-iran-to-sign-partnership-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia and Iran to sign ‘partnership’ pact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia and Iran will sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership” treaty on Friday during a visit to Moscow by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, cementing ties between two of the world’s most heavily sanctioned countries.<\/p>\n

The agreement comes just three days before Iran-hawk Donald Trump enters the White House and as Moscow and Tehran seek to formalise their close relationship after years of deepening cooperation.<\/p>\n

Iran has supplied Russia with self-detonating “Shahed” drones that Moscow fires on Ukraine in nightly barrages, according to Ukrainian and Western officials, while both nations have ramped up trade amid Western sanctions.<\/p>\n

The new treaty will strengthen Tehran and Moscow’s “military-political and trade-economic” relations, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, without providing further detail.
\nTehran has given little information about Friday’s pact, but ruled out a mutual defence clause like the one included in Russia’s treaty with North Korea last year, Russian state media reported, citing Tehran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi.<\/p>\n

The two sides had been working on a new treaty for years, with their current relationship governed by a 2001 agreement that they have renewed periodically.
\n– ‘Global hegemony’ –
\nRussia says its upcoming pact with Iran and the already-signed treaty with Pyongyang are “not directed against any country”.<\/p>\n

“The treaty … is constructive in nature and is aimed at strengthening the capabilities of Russia, Iran, and our friends in various parts of the world,” Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It is set to be valid for 20 years, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made building ties with Iran, China and North Korea a cornerstone of his foreign policy as he seeks to challenge what he calls as US-led “global hegemony”.<\/p>\n

Both Russia and Iran are under heavy Western sanctions that include restrictions on their vital energy industries.<\/p>\n

At a summit of the BRICS group in Kazan last year, Putin told Pezeshkian he valued “truly friendly and constructive ties” between Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n

Pezeshkian’s visit to Russia comes just days before Trump returns to power.
\nThe US president-elect, who has made repeated military threats against Iran, is seeking a rapid end to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The agreement comes a month after a rebel offensive overthrew Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad — who was heavily supported by both Moscow and Tehran — and as Israel and Iran’s ally Hamas gear up for a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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