NEWSFLASH: After helo crash, one of new Iranian president’s first calls? Putin.

After his predecessor’s sudden death, he hopped on call with Vladimir Putin, highlighting their deepening relationship, as Iranian-made Shahed drones are employed with deadly regularity in Ukraine.

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It’s a sign of the times: Putin ensuring that the deepening Russian-Iran relationship extends beyond any one man.