With the failure of moderates’ Western outreach in the aftermath of US withdrawal from the JCPOA, the conservatives, now in power in Iran, are looking for a long-term partnership with Russia which would bring stability in their shared neighbourhood, geoeconomic opportunities and also weaken the influence of moderates and reformists.
Russia’s ‘Partial Mobilisation’ and Central Asia
Russia’s partial mobilisation has also had regional domestic repercussions, especially so in the Central Asian Republics.