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Iran war: Why is Russia not coming to
Tehran's aid?

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Posted By: Moritz55, 3/5/2026 12:12:09 AM

The beleaguered Iranian regime, with very few international allies, has been counting on Moscow's support amid the ongoing US-Israeli strikes, but so far it has been left deeply disappointed. Just hours after Israeli and US bombs started hitting Tehran on Saturday, Russia came out with a blunt statement, with the country's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, calling it an "unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent UN member state." Moscow is one of Tehran's few but staunchest allies, and a possible collapse of the Iranian regime could be a blow for its geopolitical and economic interests. Then why has it not come to Tehran's rescue?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Timber Queen 3/5/2026 12:26:06 AM (No. 2076171)
Basically, Russia used Iran like the easy during-the-week date. But Iran's not worth taking out on Saturday night. Too bad, so sad.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 3/5/2026 12:56:58 AM (No. 2076175)
Russia has it's entire war machine and war production locked into Ukraine, and it's not even adequate to win there. Nothing at all left over for Iran except....'Good Luck, mullahs".
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chumley 3/5/2026 5:03:41 AM (No. 2076182)
Reminds me of the Elmer Fudd line..."No buwets weft."
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Reply 4 - Posted by: BrightonCO 3/5/2026 5:20:34 AM (No. 2076187)
1. They are busy 2. The Iranians are alienating a lot of nations the Russians would like to be friendly with. 3. There are lots of Russian Jews, both in Russia and Israel.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Rumblehog 3/5/2026 5:29:03 AM (No. 2076193)
Russia got itself mired down in their own “ forever war” but unlike Afghanistan him the 1980’s there’s no turning tail and running away with this one. It does make one wonder whether the Ukraine conflict wasn’t designed and allowed to happen in order to do exactly what POTUS has done in Venezuela and Iran. Those actions were made possible with Russia out of the picture. Even their public mouthpieces have been as silent as a small town mortuary on New Year’s Eve.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: mifla 3/5/2026 5:32:33 AM (No. 2076197)
Russia loved Iran's oil, not Iran's people.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: msts 3/5/2026 5:44:49 AM (No. 2076206)
There is a bigger question as to why neither Russia nor China has stepped in. I suspect that their reality is that they are seeing the US Military fighting a war that Russia and China are not able to fight. Russia is a paper tiger. If the US were to fully invade Mexico, we would roll over that country. Not so with Russia in Ukraine. Once again the US has struck a country heavily invested in Russian/Chinese defense systems. We have adopted an air supremacy, not supercity doctrine. What exactly would Russia do for Iran? Give them more equipment that does not prevent the US from imposing its will?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Venturer 3/5/2026 8:00:51 AM (No. 2076273)
I am pretty much convinced that when the USSR broke up Russia lost it's real fighting men.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Strike3 3/5/2026 8:40:49 AM (No. 2076312)
"No honor among thieves" as the old saying goes. Also, Russia's supply of munitions is about as big as Iran's used to be. "Hey buddy, can you loan me a drone?"
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Trump Won 3/5/2026 11:33:22 AM (No. 2076402)
Russia came out with a blunt statement, with the country's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, calling it an "unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent UN member state." Now there's the pot calling the kettle black.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: thefield 3/5/2026 12:01:04 PM (No. 2076426)
Since Russia has been getting is weapons from Iran, It makes no sense for them to ship the weapons back.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: MickTurn 3/5/2026 3:05:35 PM (No. 2076530)
Putie doesn't want his Nuclear arsenal taken out, besides, The Ruskie Iran "Frienship" was on very thin ice. Iran had boatloads of CASH and Putie wanted to sell them weapons. Now that Iran's bank account is nearing EMPTY, Putie sees the dashboard fuel gauge sitting on EMPTY and He's got more important things to do, like ride his horsie Naked to prove he's a "Man"!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: robertthomason 3/5/2026 5:16:04 PM (No. 2076576)
Why? Russians can sometimes be obtuse, but they are not stupid.
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