Russia and Iran expanding military cooperation and arms trade
Russia and Iran expanding military cooperation and arms trade.
In his four-day trip to Tehran, Russian Air Force Chief Gen. Viktor Bondarev and his hosts, Brig. Gen. Hassan Shasafi and other senior Iranian military chiefs, laid the groundwork for a series of agreements to upgrade their military ties to a level unprecedented in their past relations. debkafile’s military and Iranian sources report that Iran is deliberately accentuating those ties as a message to the Western powers that if they give the Islamic Republic a hard time over its nuclear program, it will go all the way to a full-dress defense pact with Russia.
Moscow has its own reasons for being keen to expand its military ties with Tehran:
1. Signing defense accords and arms transactions with Iran will give Russia its first serious military foothold in the Persian Gulf;
2. Moscow is not only seeking to compete with the US military presence in the Gulf but also displace America and China in the weapons markets of the Middle East.
3. Major Russian-Iranian arms deals will be a precedent for important weapons transactions brokered by Saudi Arabia with Egypt. Moscow sees the shape of a weapons-trading triangle that could be exploited in the future for Russia to serve in the role of mediator between Riyadh and Tehran.
These are long term strategic goals for the Kremlin.
Iran additionally keeps at the front of its mind the potential for an Israeli or American military strike on its nuclear program if the diplomatic track runs into the sand – especially since the Islamic regime has no intention of giving up what it considers its right to develop nuclear power and enrich uranium.
That is the truth behind the make-believe posture in some Western circles that Iran offered the Geneva conference last week a list of concessions on its nuclear program.
Tehran has put in special requests for massive Russian technological assistance for upgrading its missile industry by extending the range of their ballistic missiles and improving their precision. The Iranians also see a chance to renovate their aging air force and have applied for Russian fighters, interceptors, transports and refueling planes as well as training facilities for air force flight crews.
After Moscow refused to deliver them advanced S-300 anti-air missile systems, the Iranians set up programs for developing home-made products. They claim to have built their own S-200 interceptor missiles and are offering to shell out hefty sums for the purchase of new Russian technology to improve them.
The visiting Russian air force chief therefore had plenty to discuss with his Iranian hosts. Especially significant was his visit Monday, Oct. 21 to the Iranian anti-air command at Khatam Al-Anbiya and his conversation with its head, Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili.
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WarSclerotic 
October 22, 2013 at 3:17 PM
now iran will not only get the bomb but the means to deliver it . If this deal goes through Israel and the us are finished ! I am nobody of importance but even I see the writing on the wall.
October 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM
…and if you see that, and we, the rest of ”nobodies”(positively, I mean) here are seeing that, too , than it might be the duck that everybody is talking about lately, a nuclear Iranian duck. Lets hope that people that aren’t ”nobodies” and make decisions will make the right one in this regard.
October 22, 2013 at 3:49 PM
The truth is those are the worse news one wish to hear. And they are even worse than Iran being nuclear equipped. Why? Because if Iran will become a Russian ally, then Iran shouldn’t be touched in the future. In this situation, with the Bomb or without it, Iran will be very bad news for the region. Iran is practically the Russians project.
Its their own Frankenstein. We cannot really wait until these two babies will start killing each other, like it happened after the Nazi -Russia Pact (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). It will be too late.
So, America is leaving the region and Putin is entering in the region so not many choices are left for the Israeli leadership.
Using the pretext of a nuclear Iran as a fatal threat to the state of Israel, Bibi might terminate that threat and the Russo – Iranian pact, by only one strike, solving all the people problems in this region.
October 22, 2013 at 6:42 PM
another reason for iran to play hard ball now if the results of the Geneva meetings are not to irans liking then they turn to the Russians for advance arms.Rouhani said a win win deal he was not joking.
October 22, 2013 at 7:01 PM
Well spoken. All roads are leading to Rome and all the facts are leading to the necessity of knock out the Iranians from the geopolitical map of the region. Israel has the capability, Israel has the reasons; and here we have the question, is the Israeli leadership up to the task?
October 22, 2013 at 8:34 PM
“Is the Israeli leadership up to the task?” The longer they wait the deeper they sink. Makes no sense, no sense at all to wait! Wait for what? Wait for the moon to turn blue? Wait for the deal to be cut? Wait for Russia to climb into bed with Iran. No my friends Netanyahu is not waiting he’s not going!!
October 22, 2013 at 9:46 PM
I’m afraid you might be right. Not only he (Bibi) will be remembered as the Israeli PM who threatened Iran into the Bomb but also not reacting when the whole region was boiling at our borders and new political crucial treaties are being cut as we speak. Israel has all the necessary capabilities for terminating this circus, but its leadership…may God be with us.
October 23, 2013 at 1:43 AM
Right now the only hope is a viable verifiable deal made between Iran, Russia and America. A deal that keeps Iran away from the bomb and is verifiable, if that’s even possible. Barring that, things could get very hard for israel in the years to come.
October 23, 2013 at 1:55 AM
Once the “deal” with Iran is cut, Israel will be strong armed into a “deal” with the Palestinians.
The Palestinian “deal” like the Iranian “deal” will not be what Israel wants, far from it. But great leverage can be place on Israel to accept. Military supplies could be held back, boycotts could be enacted, the sky’s the limit. Obama has three years left. Once the slippery slope of Oslo began Israel lost complete control of its destiny.
October 23, 2013 at 7:27 AM
The Situation is grave, but what keeps me going on is that I know, I know that the destiny of Israel ( basically the destinies of all men ) is in the hands of the Guardian of Israel – ”He who never slumbers nor sleeps!” And HE has made an eternal covenant with HIS firstborn Israel ! The enemies of Israel will all fail and fall, but Israel shall live !
October 23, 2013 at 1:47 PM
Oke no worry,s mate, IDF go home and wait for the salvation.
But I have to say the guardian has a good taste fore designing shower heads.
Sorry i,am just a bit more practical, in the time we wait for the wakening of the one who never slumber or sleeps we have to trust the IDF
October 23, 2013 at 3:43 PM
I’m with Joop…
God can only help those who help themselves.
October 23, 2013 at 2:19 PM
And so it begins!
http://app.debka.com/p/article/23379/Abbas-set-to-slam-door-on-talks-with-Israel-resuscitates-“revolving-door”-for-terrorists
October 23, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Yep , they smell victory
October 23, 2013 at 4:35 PM
The more Israel gives the weaker they look to the Palistinians and the harder the Palistinians will push for more. They will give nothing in return and will keep pushing until they push Israel into the sea!
October 23, 2013 at 4:38 PM
From what I’ve read lately, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is not too pleased with all this ‘making nice’ with the USA.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/10/13/dont-ignore-irans-revolutionary-guard-terroris/
To them complacency is a form of weakness and they will not support anything with the USA and mean it. Because of this obvious attitude and the influence the IRG has over Tehran, Israel will not take any of this seriously, nor will much of the rest of the world, USA included.
Can anyone here seriously say everyone buys into this bullshit Tehran is handing out? You would have to be a complete idiot to believe anything the Iranians say at this point. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think the Iranians have done a thing in the last 50 years or so to earn anyone’s trust. All we’ve seen in that time was diplomatic kidnapping, imprisonment, IED production aimed at US soldiers, state sponsored terrorism, chemical weapon production, nuclear weapon development, brutality against it’s own citizens, death, death, and more death.
So I submit, Israel’s back in not against the wall as the left would like you to believe. Any attack by Israel against Iran would probably result in nothing more than a political ‘spanking’, much like those of the past. Withholding military hardware from Israel is not in the best interests of the USA and if it does occur, it will only be symbolic in nature.
Besides, once the world finishes throwing it’s little spoiled child-like tantrum, things will return to normal and everyone will return home knowing that Israel really did the right thing.
I know, I know. All this has been said before. But it bears repeating for we cannot afford any distraction from the truth.
October 23, 2013 at 4:43 PM
Oke than, play ball ( hard ball )