Nikolai Kozhanov of Russian-Eurasian program Chetteh House noted that the policy of the US administration towards Iran creates conditions for Tehran to seek help and support from Moscow forcing the countries to cooperate even more. In other words, it just so happens that Trump deliberately pushes Tehran into Moscow’s arms, apparently to burden Russia with as many complicated issues as possible, to link the Kremlin with allied regimes willing to qualitatively raise their international status. Those regimes are inconvenient partners: Iran intends to become a regional superpower, while China develops the role of a global superpower. Both for Tehran and Beijing, Russia is an advantageous ally, but they will not take Russia’s interests into account in their strategies. Washington wants to hang Iran on Russia’s neck and make Iran become a nuclear power. With such allies by her side, Russia will lose its ability for strategic manoeuvres. As a result, Russia’s achievements, for example, in the Middle East, may turn against her own interests.