[Peace-discuss] debate in Iran about prospects of anti-Iran Trump-Russia deal

[C G Estabrook]

Right to be reminded that there are factions in the political establishments of all three countries, serving a variety of interests. 



> On Jul 12, 2018, at 10:52 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> But not everyone shared the same positive reading. To some, the message could be a series of warnings “about Russia’s recent anti-Iran stances in OPEC by siding with Saudi Arabia … and frequent meetings with the Israelis," an article in pro-reform Jameh Irani <http://jamehirani.ir/fa/201807114593/%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%aa%db%8c-%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%84-%da%86%d9%87-%d9%be%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%be%d9%88%d8%aa%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%9f/> read, echoing a cynical view of Russian motives. "Russians always lean toward the side that serves their interests.”
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> The debate over Iran-Russia relations has always been heated in Iran, with some arguing that Moscow has historically proven to be untrustworthy. Those holding that view even believe that Putin and Trump might reach a secret deal that is against Iran’s oil and regional interests. Hossein Sheikholeslam <http://www.ghatreh.com/news/nn43392009/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C-%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%87-%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7>, an adviser to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, however, dismissed those speculations. “Trump will not reach an agreement with Putin or with anyone else," he said, according to Ghatreh. "He is a supremacist and a pharaoh who seeks to impose his own will on the other side, be it the Europeans, the Russians or the Chinese.”
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> - Iran supreme leader’s top aide in Moscow to ‘deliver message’
> Al-Monitor Staff July 11, 2018
> http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/07/iran-velayati-moscow-visit-russia-putin-special-message.html <http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/07/iran-velayati-moscow-visit-russia-putin-special-message.html#ixzz5L3WwkEbH>
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