{"id":3925,"date":"2010-06-26T16:38:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T00:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2010-07-24T15:37:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T23:37:33","slug":"russia-distancing-itself-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/russia-distancing-itself-from-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Distancing Itself from Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/s300-anti-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Russian s-300 Anti-Aircraft Missile System<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia seems to be distancing itself from Iran:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Analysts Say Iran-Russia Relations Worsening<\/h2>\n<p>25 June 2010\u00a0 Andre de Nesnera<\/p>\n<p>Russia has voted for tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran and has frozen a deal to send anti-aircraft missiles to that country.<\/p>\n<p>The conventional wisdom is that Russia\u2019s economic interests in Iran have led Moscow to be a strong supporter of that country, opposing any tough United Nations sanctions against Tehran over its alleged nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n<p>But many experts, including John Parker with the National Defense University [expressing his personal views] say relations between Russia and Iran have been worsening\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.voanews.com\/english\/news\/middle-east\/Analysts-Say-Iran-Russia-Relations-Worsening--97172974.html\">http:\/\/www1.voanews.com\/english\/news\/middle-east\/Analysts-Say-Iran-Russia-Relations-Worsening&#8211;97172974.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By not providing Iran the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, Israel has a little less pressure to hurry up and attack Iranian nuclear facilities (which are probably do spread out that all would not be destroyed).\u00a0 But because of Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, it may decide to hurry anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Although Russia&#8217;s move should send a signal to Iran, since Iran&#8217;s leadership is focused on getting an Islamic leader known as the final Mahdi or thirteenth Imam to rise up, it may not change anything because of Russia&#8217;s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>While Bible prophecy suggests that Russia and Iran will eventually cooperate (Ezekiel 38:1-6), that is for a time well past the Great Tribulation.\u00a0 Right now with Iran determined to get the final Mahdi to rise up (see also <a title=\"Permanent Link to Forbes: Iran Preparing for War  and the Mahdi\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/prophecy\/forbes-iran-preparing-for-war-and-the-mahdi\/\">Forbes: Iran Preparing for War and the Mahdi<\/a>), it seems determined to proceed with its plans no matter what any other country, including Russia, wants.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/russia_in_prophecy.htm\">Russia: Its  Origins and Prophesied Future<\/a> Where do the Russians come from? What  about those in the Ukraine? What is prophesied for Russia and its  allies? What will they do to the Europeans that supported the Beast in  the end?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/is-russia-the-king-of-the-north.htm\">Is  Russia the King of the North?<\/a> Some claim it is. But what does the  Bible teach?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/south.htm\">Is There A Future King      of the South?<\/a> Some no longer believe there needs to be. Might    Egypt,   Islam, Iran, Arabs, or Ethiopia be involved? What does the    Bible say?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/arabprophecy.htm\">The Arab World (and      Iran) In the Bible, History, and Prophecy<\/a> The Bible discusses  the     origins of the Arab world and discusses the Middle East in  prophecy.     What is ahead for the Middle East and those who follow  Islam?\u00a0 How   might   Iran be involved?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/when-will-the-great-tribulation-begin.htm\">Can  the Great Tribulation Begin in 2010, 2011, or 2012?<\/a> Can the Great  Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in  the &#8220;beginning of sorrows&#8221;? What happens in the Great Tribulation and  the Day of the Lord? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can  begin? What is the Day of the Lord?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian s-300 Anti-Aircraft Missile System COGwriter Russia seems to be distancing itself from Iran: Analysts Say Iran-Russia Relations Worsening 25 June 2010\u00a0 Andre de Nesnera Russia has voted for tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran and has frozen a deal to send anti-aircraft missiles to that country. The conventional wisdom is that Russia\u2019s economic interests in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prophecy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4129,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}