The Dangers of the Russian-Iranian Alliance
(WorldNews Iran)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria, Dec. 11, 2017. Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik via Reuters. Iran was a regional power for centuries. Powerful Iranian dynasties, such as the Achaemenids and the Sasanians in the ancient period — and the Safavids and the Kajars in the 17th and 1th centuries — aspired to take a major role in the Middle East, the South Caucasus and elsewhere. In the decades following the Cold War, however — when Western countries imposed sanctions on Tehran´s nuclear program — Iran was constrained from projecting its...