The two nations have a long history of geographic, economic, and sociopolitical interaction. Of all the countries of the middle east russias closest relationship is with the islamic republic of. Kurdistan regionrussia relations are bilateral relations between kurdistan region and russia. As such, the status of their bilateral relationship is a perpetually important facet of their respective foreign policies. Since mid2001, however, russian and iranian interests have diverged to such an extent that they now appear to disagree far more often than they agree. Should natorussia relations deteriorate further, moscow will make an even stronger effort to.
Just this week, irans defense minister suggested that russia, china, india and iran form a group to oppose nato. While kurdistan region has a representation in moscow, russia has a consulate general in erbil which opened on 28 november 2007. However, not all foreign nationals can apply for all of the evisas for russia. After all, as putin put it, the relationship stretches back 500 years. Usiran relations in the postcold war geopolitical order. In turn, alexander novak remarked that iran is a good neighbor and an important partner for russia. The beginning of a new period in russianiranian relations was marked by the return to the. Moscow must balance between its war ally, iran, and israel, an important regional player two states with radically different. Russoiranian relations in the postsoviet era 1991present since the end of the 1980s, iran and russia have sought to increase their cooperation in the military, nuclear, oil, and gas sectors.
Relations between the grand duchy of moscow and the persian empire, officially commenced in 1521, with the safavids in power. Strategic stability was a significant component of u. For washington, finding the right balance among the various components of u. Relations seemed to improve, though, with vladimir putins october 2007 visit to tehran and russias shipment to iran of the enriched uranium needed to start up the bushehr nuclear power plant.
Usiran relations reached a nadir following the killing by us drone strike of quds force commander qassem soleimani. Russia urges iran not to give in to us provocations. Russias relations with iran the washington institute. Relations between russia and iran especially in military and nuclear sphereshave been a key subject of diplomatic discourse between jerusalem and moscow for many years. Relations between the kurds and the russians date back to the second half of the 1800s when russian interest in kurds because of expansionist ambitions. The strategic convergence of russia and iran institute. Russia and iran sign deal to widen military cooperation tehran says agreement will solve heldup sale of s300 air defense system, without elaborating by ap and afp 20 january 2015, 1. This notion assumes that cooperation between the two countries is limited to tactical efforts in syria and misses the deep strategic convergence between. Iran, russia and china in the shanghai cooperation organization sco. The book is fairly current, i believe released in 20. Vladimir putin has frozen the transfer of s300 surfacetoair missile systems to iran, a kuwaitbased newspaper claims.
Iran, russia, turkey agree steps to ease tensions in syrias idlib. Still present in the iranian collective memory, tsarist russia expanded territorially into wide parts of what had hitherto been part of greater iran in central asia and the caucasus. Russias return to the middle east building sandcastles. Turkey and russia form another such couple, as states with histories of conflict, deep structural differences and divergent views, which seem to. The decision is symbolic of the deepening political and military ties between iran and russia. Military incidents during the soviet era created an atmosphere of distrust, but russia has become an increasingly prominent economic and political partner of iran as both countries have been targeted by western sanctions regimes. Sport relations, cultural relations, scientifictechnical relations.
Russia and iran have a long history of being geographic neighbours, rivals, competitors and partners a history which has coined mutual expectations, stereotypes and interactions. President trumps improved relations with moscow would help the white house force a split between russia and iran. See tuncay babali, the role of energy in turkeys relations with russia and iran, discussion pa per at the. Intermittent israeli strikes against iranian positions in syria have alarmed russia, which is trying to solidify its military gains there. Over the past two decades, the dynamics of russoiranian relations have seemed unstable and, to a certain extent, unpredictable for other players in the international arena. When the sanctions against tehran were lifted in 2016, russian energy minister aleksandr novak said the deal was no longer necessary. Recently, russian press outlet izvestiya wrote that, reflecting on the past year, it was russia that always spoke out for lifting sanctions and maintained dialogue with. He noted that in the first five months of 2016 the trade turnover between russia and iran increased by 70.
Understanding russiagcc relations 83 dmitriy frolovskiy russia and turkey. Iran and russia politics and international relations pir. Russia and iran signed a string of bilateral agreements on tuesday, as president vladimir putin hosted his iranian counterpart hassan rouhani for his first official visit to moscow, afp reports. Recommendations for the next president alex vatanka mei policy focus 201617 middle east institute policy focus series july 2016 the next u. As irans isolation grows, its link to russia is likely to strengthen. Article information, pdf download for the jcpoa and changing.
At a time when russia is playing a key role in the confrontation between iran and the west over iran s nuclear programme, it is more important than ever to take the long view of russian iranian relations. I found the book to present a detailed explanation of the usrussia relations from the fall of the soviet union through the two bush administrations, the clinton administration, and the obama administration. An analysis of the factors driving chineseiranian cooperation offers policy options for influencing this partnership to meet u. In this policy brief, mark hibbs argues that the iaea secretariat should explain to member states on the board why it is important and urgent that iran cooperate with the iaea. Russia does not see positive relations with both israel and iran as antithetical. Article information, pdf download for russoiranian relations in the. Russias pursuit of closer relations attests to irans regional clout. The partnership between china and iran presents challenges to u. It is well known that russia and iran cooperate with each. Download pdf russia and iran are neighboring states. Russianiranian relations have been complicated since the very first interactions the nations.
Russia backed iraq during its eightyearlong war with iran 19801988. There are also plans to boost trade relations between iran and russia which in 2016 has increased to 70 percent bringing it. Turkishiranian relations in a changing middle east rand. However, the geopolitical environment gradually changed, and interest in discussions around strategic stability waned.
Relations between russia and iran have always been complex and subtle. Russia, joined by iran, has objected to the iaea prioritizing this effort. Russia and iran sign military cooperation agreement the. When it comes to the iranian view of russia, sources report that the two countries agree on terrorismrelated issues and iran sees russias policies in syria as wise.
The two countries collaboration in syria is in fact the most significant military engagement iran has had with any foreign country since 1979, and it could complicate irans. This visa is available for nationals of algeria, bahrain, brunei, china, india, iran, japan, north korea, kuwait, mexico, morocco, oman, qatar. The agreement was forged between the industrial development and renovation. Iran is the secondlargest supplier of natural gas to turkey, behind russia. The current downturn in russianiranian relations has demonstrated the fragility of the relationship that has developed since the revolution and brought a profound mutual distrust into the open. This article attempts to analyze russias relationship with iran in the. Russiairan relationship is a marriage of opportunity.
Understanding russia gcc relations 83 dmitriy frolovskiy russia and turkey. The jcpoa and changing dimensions of the russiairan relations. Around the same time the same day, on december, tehran hosted a russiairan business forum. This report presents the key findings of an 18month csis project to assess the forces and interests shaping relations among turkey, russia, and iran.
Past and present contact between russia and iran have long been complicatedly multifaceted. Efforts to remove incentives for the united states or russia to launch a first nuclear strike continued to undergird the nucleararms regime in the early postcold war era. Russias relations with israel are now arguably closer to a strategic partnership than those with iran. Active israeli interference could bring down the highly unstable security architecture the russians are working on in syria. Russias dealings with saudi arabia correspond more aptly to an oil axis than the shiite axis description used by some to characterize the ties between moscow and tehran. February 16, 2015 the russianiranian military agreement. Moreover, by then josef stalin the russoiranian relationship. Pdf usiran relations in the postcold war geopolitical. Moscow can use irans geopolitical weakness to its own economic advantage by making large sales of russian military hardware to the islamic republic and encouraging deeper cooperation between the. Iran, saudi arabia and qatar or iran and saudi arabia. Russoiranian relations in the light of putins foreign policy and. The trump administration reportedly seeks to drive a wedge between russia and iran in syria. Iran and russia relations after cold war soviet union. All these developments clearly demonstrate that russia and iran are developing a close and beneficial partnership.
Pdf the relationship between russia and iran since the collapse of the soviet union forms a necessary and. Relations between the grand duchy of moscow and the persian empire iran, officially commenced in 1521, with the safavids in power. Freedman, russianiranian relations under yeltsin, soviet and. Given its dependence on iranian energy, especially natural gas, turkey has a strong stake in preventing relations with iran from deteriorating too badly. The most significant of these concern iran, syria, and palestine. Introduction the relationship between iran and russia has been characterized more by competition than by cooperation in modern political history. Csis and the economic policy research foundation of turkey tepav coorganized a workshop at tepav in ankara on march 29, 2012 that examined how economic and energy issues figure in relations between turkey, russia, and iran. All 246 vladimir putin 90 iran 77 israelrussia relations 59 iran nuclear deal 56 april 29, 2020, 7. Russia and iran discussed energy, electricity, nuclear energy, gas and oil, as well as cooperation in the field of railways, industry, and agriculture. Occasional paper understanding irans role in the syrian. The obama administration hopes that russia will assist with u. Iran s relations with russia and china the most significant challenge to the postcold war international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the west. Although russia is not in a position to block the nuclear deal, it hopes it will benefit from. Relations between russia and iran have recently developed since the.
Iranian relations have seemed unstable and, to a certain extent. Colleagues from our other project partner, the institute of oriental studies ivran of the russian academy of sciences, as. Visit our website for other free publication downloads. In particular, russian exports to iran jumped by 91. The alliance between the syrian regime and the iranian leadership is, on the face of it, puzzling.
Our cooperation can isolate america, supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei told. The development of russianiranian relations in the context of the. Iran and russias uncomfortable alliance foreign affairs. Iran and russia relations after cold war free download as powerpoint presentation. Iranian president hassan rouhani reunited with russian president vladimir putin in moscow for a highprofile visit tuesday that was clearly meant to telegraph to the world and the united states in particular that the strategic alliance between iran and russia is stronger than ever. Russia isimportant, but fits within a broader global context that includes relations with other leading powers as well as with u. Russiairan relations reach new heights new eastern outlook. Iran and russia have made no secret of their mutual desire to sideline the united states in the middle east. Pdf the main aspects of russiairan relations at the present stage. She argues that because moscow views the preservation of ties and cooperation with irana state that has problematic relations with the westas a means of. Iran, russia, and china are taking advantage of the u.
648 205 292 1546 449 969 364 1027 127 1016 1517 141 1157 878 160 1205 247 629 68 1203 521 1556 231 951 306 402 712 45 1327 478 128 1506 218 44 45 628 1037 790 1015 1182 150 54 640 23