Situational allies: is it beneficial for Russia to transfer nuclear weapons to Iran?

Situational Allies: Is It Beneficial for Russia to Transfer Nuclear Weapons to Iran? Victoria Grabovskaya

The Middle East remains in a threatening situation due to the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. If a war breaks out between them, other countries, including Iran, may join in.

At the same time, Tehran is one of Moscow's few allies in its war in Ukraine. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that Russia may provide Iran with nuclear weapons. Israeli military observer David Sharp told Channel 24 about this, emphasizing that this is the main issue that worries Israel.

May cause discontent

Russia cooperated with Iran in the civilian nuclear sphere, building a nuclear power plant for Tehran. This did not directly help the development of the Iranian military nuclear program. At the same time, the transfer of technologies for the creation of nuclear weapons by Russia to Iran has not been observed to date.However, this is contrary to the interests of Moscow, because such a responsible step as “giving” someone nuclear weapons is decided very rarely. There must be very good reasons for this,” he emphasized.

Despite the fact that today Russia and Iran are situational allies, recently they were rivals. In particular in Syria, where they fought allied. Iran is a fundamentalist Shiite state that borders Russia on the Caspian Sea. Therefore, to say that they are friends, in the opinion of a military observer, would be wrong.

Also, “giving” someone nuclear weapons is problematic, because it can turn against the one who gave such a “gift”.

“In addition, it can cause discontent in a number of countries for which Iran poses a threat. This is not only about Israel and the United States, also Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates “will not be happy” about Russia’s assistance in the nuclear sphere to Iran,” he noted. he.

In Israel they are very afraid of this

The appearance of a nuclear bomb in Tehran will lead to a nuclear arms race among other countries, which is also unlikely to please Moscow and its neighboring countries.

However, if Russia feels driven into a corner, or if it realizes that this is very important for it, such a scenario cannot be ruled out. In Israel they are very afraid of this, and therefore are especially careful in relations with Russia,” noted David Sharp.

However, now, with the exception of nuclear components, Russia and Iran is exchanging all the weapons they have. Tehran acquired Russian fighter jets, and Moscow acquired Iranian drones, as well as possibly ammunition and ammunition.