Russia and Iran Put on a Show of Unity

Sitting across a long table from President Vladimir Putin at a Covid-conscious distance, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran reminded his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that Tehran had been “resisting America for 40 years,” the New York Times reports.

And now that Russia was plunging deeper into its own confrontation with the United States, Raisi told Putin, it was time to take on “the power of the Americans with an increased synergy between our two countries.”

Meanwhile, Reuters reports the two countries will hold joint naval exercises with China tomorrow.