Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri said during talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu in September that Tehran and Moscow would make mutual "military-technical cooperation" an item of a new bilateral treaty on long-term cooperation, Russia's official TASS news agency reported at the time.
Iran and Russia accelerating toward 'major' new partnership
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Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, said the Hamas assault proves that some of Israel’s “desperate attempts,” such as “the farcical plan for normalization,” will not slow Israel’s downfall.
Hamas clash could undercut Arab-Israeli diplomatic thaw
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