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The Russia-Iran Strategic Game-Changer
Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers – as well as Sukhoi-34 fighter bombers – leave from the Iranian Hamadan airfield to bomb jihadis and assorted «moderate rebels» in Syria, and immediately we’ve got ourselves a major, unforeseen geopolitical game-changer. The record shows that Russia has not been present militarily in Iran since 1946; and this is the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that Iran allowed another nation to use Iranian territory for a military operation.
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Oh my, that was fast! Iran: Russia Has Stopped Using Iran Base for Syria Strikes http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/22/world/middleeast/ap-syria.html?_r=0
Iran Revokes Russia’s Use of Air Base, Saying Moscow ‘Betrayed Trust’ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/world/middl...Full®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article