Episode Notes:

On this episode of The Iran Reckoning, Afshon sits down with Nicole Grajewski to discuss the layered and evolving Russo-Iranian partnership: from early nuclear and defense ties to joint operations in Syria and beyond. They unpack shared interests, tensions, as well as shifts driven by the war in Ukraine, examining how sanctions evasion, military technology, and geopolitical alignment sustain this uneasy but enduring relationship.

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