Iranian press is pretty excited about being BFF’s with Russia
Russia seeks strategic alliance with Iran
Most of it is the usual expected stuff about buying ballistic missiles and new reactors once the sanctions get lifted but I thought this was interesting….

Averting war in Syria was undoubtedly a great success for Iran and Russia in the Middle East and during his stay in Tehran, Lavrov sought to extend this successful experience to other crisis-stricken regions such as Afghanistan.

After the planned exit of US forces from Afghanistan in 2014, terrorist and extremist groups, operating under the badge of Islam, are likely to take advantage of such void in terms of military power to trigger a new devastating war in Central Asia and Caucasus through Tajik and Uzbek borders. Such war will definitely spill over into North Caucasus and Iran’s eastern borders.

Given the observer status of Iran and Afghanistan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Russia counts on Iran for taking measures within the framework of SCO’s security models to establish stability and security in Afghanistan and eradicate the scourge of drug in the war-wracked country.

Karzai’s always been a dick but this could explain his recent behavior. It would be an ironic twist of history if he sold out Afghanistan to be a protectorate of Russia.