BEYOND Nato’s reach, Iran and Russia are forging a new terrifying axis in a landlocked waterway. With its southern ports severed by Donald Trump‘s blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is turning north to a “war zone” shipping artery rocked by airstrikes and a naval arms race for survival. The Caspian Sea, a key maritime corridor sitting between Iran and Russia, is both keeping the mullah regime alive and helping Putin launch strikes on Ukraine. Bordering just five countries, it is the only large-scale transport route linking Moscow and Tehran that bypasses US intervention – due to a ban…
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