Russia readiness to expand military ties with Iran gives Israel cause for concern

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Iranian counterpart Gharaei Ashtiani at a meeting on Friday that Russia is ready to expand military and technical cooperation with Iran. read more The recent exchange of unprecedented missile attacks between Israel and Iran has momentarily subsided but the unprecedented confrontation between these historical adversaries has raised questions over Russia's involvement in the evolving crisis in the West Asia. Reports from both US and Israeli sources quoted by Bloomberg suggested that Israel conducted an operation targeting Isfahan (Iran) approximately a week ago, destroying a portion of an air-defence system provided by Moscow. In…