Russians taking Irani weaponry now left n right to fight war the proper way in Ukraine. This is a joke!
Why don’t they get weapons from China? Or India?
You know what I’m implying here?
If Chinese weaponry and tech was as advertised on the sales brochures, kyun nahi letay Russian China say weapon?
Iran can walk into the whole Central Asia today, if it really wanted to and Putin would look the other way, but these lands are not what they were during Sassanian times. Look who lives there today.
I don’t believe Iran wants none of that.
Exactly. But that does not change the fact that the Stans are Iranic people. Still celebrate Nowruz. Still follow the Persian calendar. As does Afghanistan incidentally.
On Russia and Putin, I believe Iran has been forced to morph into asymmetric warfare capabilities thanks to Western sanctions.
Look at Iran and its people (general affluence, quality of life, nutritional status, infrastructure and cleanliness of the urban centers) and look at North Korea. A lot of that is oil sure. But there must be more to it.
I specifically used the term "die". Some nation states will roll over. Some will need to be killed. And would prefer to die trying.
I do not see Iran stepping back. And the US knows well that war with Iran will signal the end of its global dominance. And that Putin's Russia is dying for that to happen, for payback for Ukraine.
As is China.