As Russia and Iran have come under increasingly restrictive international economic sanctions, the two countries have turned to each other and similarly sanctioned states in a bid to develop trade that can circumvent the punitive measures. Largely cut off from international banking systems, export markets and foreign resources and technologies, they have strengthened their own...
‘A terrible club to be in’: Russia, Iran and the bloc of sanctioned nations
By Michael Scollon / RFE/RL7 Mins Read