Russia and Iran put on a show of unity - against the US

MOSCOW - Sitting across a long table from President Vladimir Putin at a Covid-conscious distance, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran reminded his Russian counterpart Wednesday that Teheran had been"resisting America for 40 years."

For Mr Putin, embroiled in a dispute with the United States over spheres of influence and facing harsh sanctions if he follows through on a threatened invasion of Ukraine, it was a chance to show that Russia has friends it can call on in its battles with the West. No deals were signed publicly, however, and the extent of the Kremlin's willingness to sell to Iran more of the modern Russian weaponry that Teheran has long sought remained unclear.

But as Russia's conflict with the West intensifies, Russian officials are increasingly willing to look past those differences. After Wednesday's meeting at the Kremlin, the Iranian foreign minister, Mr Hossein Amir Abdollahian, posted on Twitter that the two presidents had"agreed on the framework of a long-term agreement." In his remarks Wednesday, Mr Raisi said the document had been"delivered" to Mr Putin.

"We are definitely pursuing a long-term agreement with Russia because it is a necessity," Mr Mahmoud Shoori, deputy director of the Institute for Iran and Eurasian Studies in Teheran, said in a phone interview."More important than economic partnership with Russia is a military and intelligence alliance."

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