Russia-Iran Bilateral Relations in Post 9/11 Era

Abstract

Russia and Iran ties has been considered more of a competition rather cooperation in modern times. The incidents that took place in the era of Soviet made Iran do not trust Russia. Nonetheless Tehran and Moscow have cooperated well since then to boost their economy as both these important states have been the target of West sanctions. Of the latest, the disturbance in the international market of energy and the failing security environment in Syria made the two countries build solid commercial and political ties. With the ongoing time, their bilateral relations which covers so many aspects like economic aspect, military aspect and nuclear aspect keeps on changing with the time. This paper explains the mutual cooperation between Iran and Russia in the fields of Economic, trade, energy, power generation and transportation. The paper also discusses the military and defense relations between Moscow and Tehran. Further this paper covers nuclear relations between both the countries and how Russia support Iran in its nuclear program.

Keywords: Russia, Iran, Bilateral Relations, Post 9/11, Political, Economic, Military