A roundup of posts on the on-again, off-again, but mostly on-again relationship between Russia and Iran. From Is Iran’s Fist Still Clenched, which has daily updates on extended hands, carrots and sticks, reset buttons, and other hackneyed metaphors deployed in Central Asia and beyond:
Related Mere Rhetoric Posts:Clenched And Building Nukes While Russia “Plays Western Diplomats For Fools”
Clenched But Russia Will Keep Protecting Them From Sanctions
Clenched With A Sanctions-Busting Scheme To Launder Indian Oil Money Thru Russia
Clenched With The Help Of Russian And Chinese Protection At The UN
Clenched Against The West But Not, Strangely, Against Russia
TOCS – 6:30pm PST – Diker On The EU’s Anti-Jerusalem Referendum, Plus Hezbollah, Settlements, Europe...
Putin: How About I Join The National Russian Judo Team?
Wonderful: Iraqis Permanently Scratch Out Ancient Hebrew Inscription On Biblical Prophet's Tomb
Iran's Fist Roundup: Barbies, Video Games, Books, Etc.
