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Against the backdrop of strained relations between Iran and Israel and escalating regional conflicts, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu paid a working visit to Iran.

This visit is not only a routine diplomatic meeting, but also an action full of strategic considerations. After the assassination of the Hamas leader in the Iranian capital, Iran is facing pressure on how to respond to Israel. At this time, Shoigu's visit undoubtedly brought important political support to Iran and injected new vitality into Russian-Iranian relations.

In addition, Shoigu should also have unusual tasks.

Shoigu and Pezeshkian

Shoigu went to Iran before retaliating against Israel

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Shoigu went to Iran on a working visit and discussed various aspects of global and regional security.

Shoigu met separately with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Mohammad Bagheri, chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, and later held a meeting with Iranian President Pezeshkian.

Shoigu's purpose of coming to Iran at this time is very clear, which is to express support for Iran.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the United States and met with US President Biden and two US presidential candidates, Trump and Harris.

This was also a trip to seek help. After a trip to the United States, Haniyeh was assassinated when he returned, which led to a rapid escalation of the situation in the Middle East. The United States also quickly increased its deployment in the Middle East and clearly supported Israel.

Iran is in some chaos internally right now. The assassination happened just after the new president took office. The whole world is watching Iran to see how Iran will retaliate. It would be very conspicuous to go out for help at this time. Moreover, Pezeshkian faced a lot of things right after taking office and it would be difficult for him to extricate himself.

At this time, senior Russian officials went directly to Iran, which shows that Russia's support for Iran is not ordinary support.

Russian flag and Iranian flag

Russia may provide specific solutions

Of course, there is not much practical significance for Shoigu to simply stand on the stage.

The United States' support for Israel is real. What Russia needs to do is not only to express support, but also to be able to provide practical help to Iran.

Therefore, this meeting will discuss topics such as bilateral cooperation, but the main topic will still be the situation in the Middle East.

The discussion of global and regional security issues mentioned in the public information is rather obscure, but it also sends a clear signal to tell the United States and Israel that Shoigu’s visit to Iran is to deal with regional security issues.

This is also the main reason why Iran did not immediately counterattack Israel. When Israel dragged its allies into the fight, Iran also needed to coordinate with its allies to see what to do.

Russia is obviously more experienced than Iran in this regard, and the situation in the Middle East is also very important to Russia.

Therefore, Shoigu is likely to have brought specific suggestions or even plans from Russia when he visited Iran this time.

Iranian flag and Israeli flag

Disappointing

The fact that Russian senior officials are visiting Iran at this time gives people a feeling of being disappointed in their work.

Russia has also been suppressed by the West for a long time, and can't bear it any longer, so it takes the initiative and fights a proxy war with the West.

To a certain extent, Iran is the Russia of the Middle East. It has certain strength, but it is not the best, and it has always been suppressed by the United States.

Russia has rich experience in this regard, so it went directly to Iran to give lessons and teach Iran what to do next.

After all, Russia understands the bottom line of the United States better than Iran, and can more accurately determine the scale and extent of retaliatory measures.

After this meeting between the two sides, Iran should have a mature and bolder retaliation plan.