Pezeshkian Thanks Putin, Calls for Joint Front Against US Sanctions
🤝 MOSCOW — Iran's diplomatic pivot to Russia comes as the MoU window closes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pezeshkian publicly anchoring to Putin signals the reformist lane is narrowing — if Washington won't re-engage the MoU, Tehran defaults to the Moscow axis. For Bessent's bank sanctions this week, Russia's financial routing capacity is now explicitly in play. Beijing watches: a tighter Tehran-Moscow sanctions-evasion axis complicates US pressure on Chinese refiners.
