MOSCOW, 5 Aug. A columnist for the British newspaper Express, Jacob Pohl, called the strengthening of the alliance between Russia and Iran «terrifying.» Earlier, Roscosmos reported that a Soyuz rocket on August 9 will launch the Khayyam Earth remote sensing satellite, developed by Russia, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome into orbit enterprises commissioned by Iran.
Yesterday, 18:42WP: The US is facing a serious problem in trying to isolate RussiaA British columnist believes this event will strengthen relations Moscow and Tehran, and Jon's expert Jeremy Bob suggested that the launch of the spacecraft would significantly expand the military capabilities of the Islamic Republic. Any such cooperation and progress is of great concern to Israel and the United States, the specialist noted. At the end of July, Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with colleagues from Iran and Turkey took part in the trilateral summit on Syria, which was held in Tehran. According to Marc Almond, director of the Oxford Institute for Crisis Studies, the meeting of the three leaders «bodes trouble» for the West, and also indicates the birth of an anti-American alliance that stretches from the outskirts of Eastern Europe to the South China Sea.
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