Despite the retreating tone of "Israel" and the United States against Iran, Russia prepares for a US-"Israeli" military strike against Tehran.

Despite the retreating tone of "Israel" and the United States against Iran, Russia prepares for a US-"Israeli" military strike against Tehran.

According to the "World Socialist Website", "Russia has undertaken intensive preparations during the past few months for a possible military strike by "Israel" and the US on Iran."

Based on recent US reports, the website stated that "the Russian General Staff expects a war against Iran this summer, with enormous repercussions for not only the Middle East but also the Caucasus."
"Russian troops in the Caucasus have been technically upgraded, and a missile division situated on the Caspian Sea has been placed in readiness," the report added, noting that " the missile cruisers of the Caspian flotilla are now anchored off the coast of Dagestan."

It also unveiled that "the only Russian military base in the South Caucasus, located in Armenia, is also on alert for military intervention."

Last autumn, Russia sent its aircraft carrier Kuznetsov to the Syrian port Tartous following the escalation of the conflict in Syria.

Moreover, the report highlighted that "experts believe that Russia would support Tehran in the event of war, at least on a military-technical level."

In a commentary in April, General Leonid Ivashov, president of the Academy of Geopolitical Science, wrote that "a war against Iran would be a war against Russia" and he called for a "political-diplomatic alliance" with China and India.

"Operations were being undertaken throughout the Middle East in order to destabilize the region and proceed against China, Russia and Europe. The war against Iran," Ivashov wrote, would "end up at our borders, destabilize the situation in the North Caucasus and weaken our position in the Caspian region."

The Kremlin fears above all that Azerbaijan could participate in a military alliance alongside "Israel" and the United States against Iran. Azerbaijan borders Iran, Russia, Armenia and the Caspian Sea, and since the mid-1990s has been an important military and economic ally of the US in the South Caucasus, housing several American military bases.

Source: World Socialist Websits, Edited by moqawama.org

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