How will Russia's inaction on Israeli strikes in Lebanon affect its ties with Iran? | DW News

Moscow has condemned Israel's killing of the Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. It followed a devastating Israeli attack across Lebanon, in which communications devices exploded, killing or maiming many of the group's fighters, as well as civilians. Reuters has since reported that two senior Iranian officials are worried the communications devices used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard might be compromised.
On Monday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin traveled to Tehran for talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on issues of trade and military cooperation. Mishustin also met with Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref. Western governments accuse Iran of supplying drones and weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Russian Prime Minister Michail Mishustin meets Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref
1:10 Alex Vatanka, Founding Director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute addresses fears in Iranian security establishment of Israeli infiltration of Iranian Revolutionary Guard devices, and anger from some segments of the Iranian regime at Russia's inaction over Israel's attacks on Lebanon at the UN