Iran seeks to expand Russia ties following Putin election victory - analysis
The Iranian leader expressed “hope that his [Putin’s] new term would provide a suitable ground for the promotion of relations between Tehran and Moscow.”
The Russian and Iranian Presidents meet in Moscow last month. Increasingly, Tehran is acting not just as an ally but as a proxy for Russia in the Middle East, much as it has its own regional proxies, the writers maintain.(photo credit: SPUTNIK/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: