Middle East Politics

The russians essentially said thaty wanted all their trade with iran to be protected a from american sanctions as part of the j c po. And that was strongly rejected by the other side. So there weh've seen very clearly how it has actually set this thing back. It's also affecting, ah, you know, the broadert situation in the middle east as a whole. Some of the states that the united states refers to as allies are at best, technically their strategic partners, whether good or bad. But then when it came to counting on them for a vote in the security council, et cetera, they did not deliver When it came to pushing more or