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On August 5, local time, former Russian Defense Minister and Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu suddenly visited Iran and held talks with Iranian President Pezhichyan, Iranian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Bagheri, and Iranian Supreme National Security Secretary Ahmadian. Judging from Shoigu's identity and the identities of these Iranian officials, the purpose of Shoigu's visit is obvious, that is, to discuss military cooperation with Iran and help Iran retaliate against the United States and Israel.

According to Reference News, after Shoigu arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, the Russian "Morning News" website quoted such a news. Russian political analyst Sergei Markov believed that there may be three reasons why Moscow sent Shoigu to visit Iran at this time.

The first reason is that Shoigu is preparing to strike the United States and its allies. He may plan with the Tehran authorities to attack Israel in an effort to make the United States and its supporters pay the highest price. You know, Russian President Putin has long vowed to counter the United States. The most likely means Russia will use is to arm America's enemies. Shoigu is now implementing this plan.

The second reason is that Russia is trying to mediate between Iran, Israel and Arab countries to avoid a large-scale war in the Middle East. The question is, what kind of return can Moscow provide to the Middle East after mediating in the Middle East?

The third reason is the simplest. Against the backdrop of tense military tensions in the Middle East, Shoigu wants to use this visit to "get a first-hand understanding of the current atmosphere and situation in the Middle East."

After giving these three guesses, Russian political analyst Markov said that "he is not sure which of the three reasons is closer to reality." But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the last two reasons given by Markov are completely "smokescreens" and clearly violate the most basic logic.

If we want to analyze the real purpose of Shoigu's visit to Iran, we need to have a comprehensive understanding of the situation on all sides. At present, Russia is still fighting with Ukraine on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine. Western countries have provided Ukraine with more advanced weapons. The war is even more brutal than the initial outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian army knows when this war will end.

In this context, Russia very much hopes that other countries can help it share the firepower of the West, so that Russia can "get out of trouble" on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield and achieve its own strategic goals. Looking at the whole world, only Iran and the "Arc of Resistance" led by Iran can play this role.

In order to prolong his political life, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to provoke a full-scale war in the Middle East. In this way, as long as Iran makes Israel pay a heavy price in the attack, a full-scale conflict in the Middle East may be ignited. At that time, the United States will have to shift its strategic focus to the Middle East no matter how reluctant it is, and the US military is likely to be trapped in the quagmire of war step by step.

As long as the United States does not have the extra power to deal with Russia, the entire Western world will be forced to compromise with Russia. It can be seen that the real purpose of Shoigu's visit to Iran is probably to make the United States and its supporters pay the greatest price, so as to help Russia "get out of trouble" on the Ukrainian battlefield.