ShapurII
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It doesn't matter. Even if ratified by Iran one hour before the war, it was legally effective on June 12th. Period. The deal clearly mentions defense partnership. So, it does not exclude military alliance at all. Stop making up shit you don't know about.The treaty becomes effective the day both parties approve, not just when Russia approves. Iran delayed the approval for 6 months. If not for the nuclear talks going bad, Iran may not have even approved it on 11th June. Israel attacked just on 1st day after it was signed. So, Russia didn't see much sincerity in Iran. Also, Iran refused military alliance but only some technology and economic partnerships.
It's quite clear that I was talking about 2015 when Iran asked Russia to join the Syrian civil war, not now.Assad & Russia has already left Syria in December. It doesn't make sense for Iran to offer anything in Syria to Russia after that. Russia already has access to Syrian ports via its bases. As for Shahed drones, it was purchased by selling gold to Iran. There was no real help
Do you think Russia donated S300's to Iran? Of course they had to pay for it. Still, nobody other than Iran and North Korea have armed Russia during this war, including your own country India.
They actually do, because the US secondary sanctions effectively targets any entity that deals with sanctioned entities in Iran. The US-China trade is north of $500 billion dollars, while the Iran-China trade volume is about $35 billion dollars. Add to this Arab money as well. Name those other reasons.China doesn't care for USA sanctions as it showed during trade war. It also purchases Iranian oil despite sanctions. There are other reasons for not being interested in non-oil partnerships with Iran








