While the new 20-year cooperation between Iran and Russia is yet to be finalized, significant progress appears to have been made on its drafting. If Russia agrees to sell Tehran the S-400 system and its latest warplanes, Iran could be convinced to give up considerable elements of its nuclear program. Russia, as always, will be looking to extract strong terms in energy deals and to establish its influence in Syria. The new 20-year co-operation deal between Iran and Russia was not finalized at last week’s visit to Moscow of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Instead, according to a senior source close to Iran’s Petroleum Ministry spoken to exclusively by OilPrice.com , the first visit of an Iranian president to Russia in almost five years discussed in-depth key points that are contained in Tehran’s final draft proposal for the agreement. This draft covers a wide […]