Original link: http://middleeastobserver.net/ambassador-reveals-details-of-landmark-putin-khamenei-meeting/
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A report recently published on the RT Arabic website reveals details of the recent landmark meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the Iranian capital Tehran.
The details of the meeting are revealed by Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, who was interviewed by a team from Khamenei’s office.
RT Arabic provides ‘Fars’ as the source of its report. Below is the English translation of the RT Arabic report.
Source: RT Arabic (Website)
Date: July 23, 2022
In an interview with the website of Khamenei’s office, the Iranian Ambassador (to Moscow) revealed details of the meeting between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ali Khamenei, saying, “The Russian President informed the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, that several European leaders had said when they met with him that they totally oppose NATO expansion eastward and (in particular) towards Russia. However, when they (European leaders) were questioned about the reason behind this expansion, they answered that it is an American demand.”
Ambassador Jalali further revealed, “The meeting covered the topics of enhancing Iranian-Russian trade cooperation; remaining vigilant against deceptive Western policies; preserving the territorial integrity of Syria; the need to expel the U.S. from the east of the Euphrates; and the expansionist tendencies of the West and NATO that led to the creation of the crisis in Ukraine.”
Jalali added, “The Iranian Supreme Leader touched upon several (other) issues, and I think that his mode of analysis strongly appealed to the Russian side. Moreover, Khamenei, who is highly concerned with regional matters, highlighted several points and warnings. As a result, the views of the two sides concerning regional and international issues as well as bilateral cooperation were highly similar. Furthermore, excellent opinions were put forward.”
He continued, “From amongst the most important requests of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution was (that the two sides) move forward in implementing the deals and the memorandums of understanding signed between the two states. Today, we (Iranians) are witnessing the best chapters in the history of relations between the two sides. Furthermore, the Russian and Iranian governments are looking forward to fortifying (mutual) relations, the deepening of ties, and the unifying (of) wills.”
In relation to gradual elimination of the US dollar in trade exchanges with Russia, and the necessary preparatory steps in this regard, Jalali said, “At the present time, 60% of our trade transactions are conducted with the (Iranian) Rial and (the Russian) Ruble, and we are making progress in this regard. Moreover, we are capable of conducting all our trade within this framework, for there is a clear Iranian and Russian will in this regard. And this question was one of the purposes of the visit of the head of the Central Bank of Iran to Russia.”
Source: “Fars”
Opaque enough to be of concern for some and clear enough to be of concern. All round an interesting read.
It’s hilarious that the US is reduced to being shakedown artists or worse … the guy that stole people’s lunch money in school which they still do.
Whatever they discussed there’s definitely some pants pooping in Foggy Bottom.
There is a third power, and process, to complete this Iranian and Russian convergence and that is the connection of India and convergence of all 3 into the North-South Silk Road Corridor.
what is more scare for neocons/khazarians when true believers conservative catholics/orthodox christians make aliance with IRAN/SYRIA……
Sejmon….
Hear! Hear!
MATO expansion an “an American demand”??? As a Spanish university professor would say, “¡¡¡Descubrimiento de Colón!!!”
Talk is cheap, get the American out of Syria as well as the Turks along with their radical terrorists in the northwest of Syria , the Kurds leaders deserve to be prosecuted for treason under the Syrian law and locked up in jail.enough is enough , the Syrian people suffer for too long.
Israel should pay for its attacks on Syria on weekly basis , better air defense system to down several Israeli jets will teach them a lesson .
Putin please do it , enough is enough .
Talk to me. Yes indeed, what better place to start clean up than Syria, which is infested with vultures and terrorists.
The boldness to just enter a country is out of this world. They just walk in like it’s their own house.
Well, we know a colossal theft is going on. I dare to say, Russians are stupid enough to let that happen.
With the firepower they possess, I’d call out names, and give them 3 (three) days to disappear from Syria.
After that, carpet bombing coupled with thousand missiles/day.
If the miscreants still persist, atomic/chemical/biological power is the way.
Dark force bows down to Death, only.
I do not think Russians are stupid, they are calculating. Direct attack on USA could trigger a hot conflict with them, which would hurt everyone even if USA would likely loose.
Russia is managing deposition of USA in a way that its not too fast and least hurt to bystanders.
The Kurds will come around soon enough. Washington allows them to act aggressively and doesn’t really have demands at this point. Once they’ll have to deal with the local powers without backing, they will stop acting up.
Interestingly, to me, there is no mention of Israel in the reported discussion between Russia and Iran.
And yet none, absolutely none, of the objectives vis a vis the military situation in, and Western occupation of, Middle East can be resolved without DEALING with the Israelis. Their Jewish compatriots in the US and Europe are the decision makers of foreign and economic policy.
Even while Russian’s are militarily engaged in Syria and diplomatically engaging Iran, the Israelis are bombing Syria and assassinating Iranians and blowing up Iranian facilities in Iran.
Russins will deal with Israelis after capitulation of the Kyiv…
These talks were, apparenyly, of strategic/vision nature.
The particulars like Syria or Ukraine specifically are below the level (of abstraction) of a Khamenei-Putin discourse.
Part of such talks was surely the implied acknowledgement – on both sides – that there are and will be areas where their countries interests do not coincide. All the while their general objectives do.
to your first sentence….they probably talk about israelis…it never go public…VVP will not use bullhorn to inform enemies…
I strongly suspect that what’s happening in Ukraine is a harsh blow to poor old Israel
Tom,
Although there is no direct statement regarding Israel, many of the issues and actions mentioned have a direct bearing on Israel. Expelling the US from Syria, (and Iraq, though that was not mentioned) both bear directly on Israeli interests in keeping the US engaged. The removal of the US would make it much easier for direct retaliation against Israel for the bombings in Syria and assassinations that you mention. In addition, as the Ukraine SMO grinds towards an outcome, which will be favorable to Russian interests, the interests of Israel will also be negatively impacted. Keep in mind the recent expulsion of the Jewish Agency from Russia. This is a significant move, seen by many as a tit for tat response for Israel’s criticism of the SMO. It is becoming clearer that the Russians hold a lot of animosity for Israel, but the Russian leadership is wise in keeping it on the low down and implementing policy step by step without trumpeting decisions and strategies.
That’s placing a cart ahead of the horse.
This knot can only be untied at the other end (USA). And it already unravels now.
Israel’s main reason for existence is to keep the Arabs on their toes. Palestine’s main reason for existence is to keep the Israeli on their toes. The “peace process” is built around this, and there’s no end to it, by design.
But this balance involves other pieces. Palestine obviously requires more support, and is traditionally handled by USA Inner Party. Israel is traditionally handled by USA Outer Party (which does only what it’s allowed to do).
While this worked, it was a theater, the “peace process” was fine-tuned as necessary. Soros pulling the leash (obviously with the approval of his team) on Femen is a good example: they mindlessly tried to attack what appears to be a friend of his enemy (in the Outer Party vs. Inner Party circus show), yet weren’t allowed to do so.
Likewise, Pentagon is traditionally owned by “red” tribes and the Outer Party, and was subjected to some ritual poo-flinging to reaffirm their low status, but suffered to exist with relatively low levels of rot… until recently.
Now the USA two-pseudoparty political system itself breaks down. While the juggling done by State Department becomes clumsier and clumsier. The protectorate system already breaks down. Thus, it’s not long until any such fine-tuning will be impossible, while USA backing of either side will be worth as much as a bouquet of plastic flowers. Then the “peace process” will fall apart, one way or another. For anyone not directly involved it won’t really matter which.
And that’s just silly.
There is more of concern here than that which readily meets the eye upon cursory review of partial facts.
“New York, USA, 13 June 2019 – The World Economic Forum and the United Nations signed today a Strategic Partnership Framework outlining areas of cooperation to deepen institutional engagement and jointly accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The framework was drafted based on a mapping of existing collaboration between the two institutions and will enable a more strategic and coordinated approach towards delivering impact.”…
https://www.weforum.org/press/2019/06/world-economic-forum-and-un-sign-strategic-partnership-framework/
Regarding: “several European leaders had said when they met with him that they totally oppose NATO expansion eastward and (in particular) towards Russia. However, when they (European leaders) were questioned about the reason behind this expansion, they answered that it is an American demand.”
I wonder where the follow up question is:
“…and why do you have to do what American demands?”
and what the answer would be.
Anyone have an idea based in fact or experience?
Answer would be that people of those nations have bad memory under communism, and don’t know how to dissociate this decade from those decades. You can ask why don’t they know, and how can they not see….That would be a good conversation with grannies and grandads who have their memories intact, and they have lived through all those times, traveled, done their home work.
Someone like Merkel could tell us why.
Nope. It is much simpler.
For a propaganda campaign to work, long term, you need it to be total. Foremost you need your propagandists to LIVE AND BELIEVE it themselves.
This was the difference between the “East” and the “West” during the Cold war.
The West understood that you DO NOT want intelligent and knowledgeable people for producing propaganda. Quite the contrary. You need people who are just-barely-enough smart to be able to produce a hit piece BUT ARE NOT sufficiently smart to understand the big picture.
And when this fails. No issue. You can depend on you employees, economic sanctions, some dead people here and there etc. to coerce even leaders who understand and dare try challenge you.
Simply said, the Soviets, even during the Stalinist time, gave their vasals too much freedom. West never does such a mistake. Once a nation gets into the cell. They not only lock the door. But build door infront of the original, just in case it would fail. Then another whole cell around the original cell. Etc.
There is no coincidence there are so few who manage to out-smart the patrons. It takes a LOT of smart and a crap load of luck to overcome all those doors and locks. And even after you do, there is always anothe cell waiting.
And then what they do, they intimately project this behavior on the SU. And people buy it as it is the ONLY information input they got their whole lives.
There’s a few reasons:
1 US bases on their soil
2 leaders vulnerable to blackmail if they cant be bribed
3 fear of targeted assassinations, eg Swedish PM Olaf Palme, UN Secretary General Dag Hammerskjold in 1961, a Polish PM, so many others
4 threat of ECB loans not being extended to their country,
5 fear of false flag ‘terror’ attacks, witness France after French Parliament voted to recognize Palestine in DEC 2014
… the list is endless.
But in summary see: the US’ Stay Behind policy infiltrating Euro political parties & institutions.
We should all *fully realise by now how dirty the UK & US play geo-power politics.
Hitler succeeded in uniting very diverse countries against him in a powerful coalition. Britain, a huge but decaying colonial empire. Russia, the world’s only communist state. America, an uber capitalist country. They had little or nothing in common but came together because of the threat to their interests.
Today we see the same process with Russia, Iran and China. History does not repeat itself but it does sometimes rhyme. American arrogance and aggression are the glue that will hold together this new coalition.
How did Hitler threaten the US’ interests
He probably means, by Hitler occupying half the world, would deny US access to the goodies they scavenge today. That is The threat.
Anglo’s existence purely depends on denying others to everything they can, even if it takes world war, sometimes.
If there is a way to deny air/water to nations, they would do it.
He wasn’t occupying half the world, and even if he had, why assume he would’ve denied the US access to resources? He had no hostile designs on the US, nor even on England and France for that matter, until those two declared war on Germany.
…you are right on that….BJ….
Stop drinking kool aid, eh?
…along with France was in for it sooner or later.
Such country did not exist, except on outdated maps.
Soviet Union was productively working with German industry under New Economic Policy and later trained Wehrmacht for, uh, unspecified purpose. Guess what was the only army other than Arabs with successful experience of mobile warfare at the time?
Supposedly not to “turn the imperialist war into civil war” as previously promised, but it just happened to take half of Europe after entering the war in the worst way possible, huh. Like, maybe whoever would use it won’t go for France and England.. somehow?
…helped to rebuild Germany’s industry. Without a lot of American help Wehrmacht would have to fight with sticks and ride horses. Because they won’t have synthetic fuel without Standard Oil, not much of modernized industry without US patents via Osram. General Electric – Krupp cartel was quite juicy, too. See also: Mr. Ford and his Iron Cross.
Supposedly not to pressure Brits into surrendering their empire either… apparently Atlantic Charter “just happened” too, huh.
Likewise, build up Soviet Industry (see Antony Sutton). USA also coincidentally happens to be the country that first recognized Soviet Union (and oh look who later turned their recognition into Vatican style “legitimization”). Not without some games, of course [ https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2012/01/kiss-stalin-was-feeling-extremely-gay/ ]
And then mutual hugging never stopped [ https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/06/olx-simple-sovereign-bankruptcy/ ]
Right… By the way, where is Plymouth, again?
And how do you even define “capitalist”?
It’s been a long wait but finally the 2 greatest ever powers are united. The world will be a much better place, the antithesis to American & British centuries of brutality.
Agreed, and I am an American. The US now oppresses its own people as much as those of the other countries on earth. Breaking up the US would bring peace to the world and give the citizens of the several new countries created from her pieces governments dedicated to fulfilling their needs.
It’s all good abandoning dollar between the two states, that suits Russia.
Iran exports oil/gas (major), and pistachio and saffron (next to nothing).
What else is there for Russia in it?
They seem to be going it all alone, being a proud nation and all.
Both sides are tough nuts to crack. Iran seems to want Russia underwriting major Syrian work, but lacks the full capacity itself. It’s on the weak side of negotiation. There isn’t much meat on the bone except for abandoning dollar. Not much data about what Russia imports from Iran.
Developing Iranian gas/oil infrastructure is helping their own competitor in times of struggle. What’s to be had in return?
Iran doesn’t make many friends around either. They are custodians of one of the most advanced and stable culture, but seem to exclude others in their common histories. As much as Russia hopes, they can’t expect an easy relationship with elitist thought. Relationship is transactional.
https://tass.com/economy/1456639
Just one example, the first result on Google.
Iran is no longer the agrarian economy it once was. Thanks to the US sanctions, it is now an industrial country with its own R&D.
R&D which was focused for a couple decades at the exact same produce which Russia was now sanctioned to import. So Iran already has these “light” industries indigenised. These are also the exact type of “expendable” industries whose produce Russia is happy to buy abroad.
So Iran has industrial produce, transport, special foods.
Russia has high-tech industries, special materials.
There is no issue to find a trade arrangement where the mutual trade would be kept roughly balanced.
Sure, the Iranian light industry products are no match for the German. But Germany just decided to leave the Russian market. And while Chinese do have the scale, the Iranian are sure to find their niches.
Once the rail link is operational, their mutual trade will go up a LOT.
Even in military tech, there are non-critical techs where Iran heavily invested in indigenisation and has developed stuff of a type Russia will be happy to buy.
Further, most importantly, Iran is not part of any trade block while their economy is largely complementary to to Eurasion Union economies. Thrre is no reason Iran/Russia cannot waive their mutual import duties with Iran even joining the EAEU. Eventually.
Russia 150 mil market with Iran 100mil market is nothing to scoff at.
Good points.
The picture of Putin and Khamenei were obviously photo-shopped because Putin looks too healthy. Didn’t our brain trust at the CIA insist that Putin was dying from some terminal illness?
Make no mistake, Putin and Lavrov could go the way of Abe if the CIA has its way.
USA will pull out all the stops.
“As a result, the views of the two sides concerning regional and international issues as well as bilateral cooperation were highly similar.”
Wow. Well, it was up to U.S. policy not to make it so. It is always possible not to make it so: Ukraine certainly will not join NATO now and certainly the Minsk agreements are in the past. This means that such NATO expansion could have been forfeited; Minsk agreements deadlines could have been enforced instead, rather than having now a negotiations goal based on a military stalemate to be achieved, negotiations whose results are too unlikely to be as “good” as the Minsk agreements were. We can now visualize how the views between Iran and Russia could have been less similar, but a realistic good policy will avoid a bad result. With the policies that were followed, the relations now between Iran and Russia, and China and Russia, are closer than before the war, and China is sounding more aggressive. And for what reason? For the free membership principle in defensive military alliances?
I remember Ronald Reagan quipping that he was not the kind of patriot who would dive into a precipice holding the flag.
If you want to know how the west falls look back.at history. This is just another manifestation of Rome. It will lose power by loss of economic power and be forced to retreat to within itself.