Originally published on 21 Jun 2025.
Today I’m talking again to Pietro Shakarian, an Armenian historian at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg who has analysed the Russian-Iranian relationship for a while. We are talking on June 19th, only 6 days after Israel’s sneak attack on Iran and currently everybody is waiting for what the US will do, but a direct military attack seems likely—at least right now. Today we discuss what this means for the political relationship between Iran and Russia.Links:Pietro's Book on Amastas Mikoyan: https://iupress.org/9780253073556/ana...Neutrality Studies Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...