Russia Confirms Support for Iran

In the midst of a tense wait for the Iranian regime to carry out its threatened retaliation against Israel, and the American deployment of extra ships and aircraft into the region to help defend its ally, the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, led a military delegation in a visit to Tehran on Monday.

He met Iran’s new President, Massed Pezeshkian, and its Chief of General Staff, Ali Bagheri, in a significant demonstration of the strengthening relationship between the two nations.

Shoigu condemned the recent assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and discussed Russia`s commitment to comprehensive co-operation with Iran in regional affairs.

This move is significant biblically, as well as politically and militarily, because chapters 38 and 39 in the Book of Ezekiel describe a war in which a broad alliance of nations, including Russia (Rosh) and Iran (Persia) attack Israel.

In his meeting with Shoigu, Major General Bagheri emphasized the strategic, long-term nature of the relationship, stating that it would not be disrupted by changes in government. He expressed confidence that relationship would strengthen under the new Iranian administration.

He also noted that the United States is aware that it faces challenges in global dynamics and said,

"We will welcome the tripartite cooperation of Iran, Russia, and China."

President Pezeshkian told Shoigu that Israel’s assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran was a blatant violation of international laws and regulations. Referring to the forthcoming Iranian response, he said,

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is in no way seeking to expand the scope of war and crisis in the region,
but certainly this (Zionist) regime will receive a response for its crimes and audacity.”

In light of Iran’s funding and equipping so many proxy militias in the region, that claim is scarcely credible. Such is the scale of the threat, that many observers are most concerned about the American administration’s approach of appeasing its enemies rather than opposing them.

Retired colonel Richard Kemp is one of those observers, interviewed here by Sky News Australia.