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How could they aid to Iran? There's not much material they can send them, and given complete US/Israel air superiority, any shipment beyond a pack of mules could be easily destroyed before it reaches its target. Also, Russia has its own war to fight, so they are not exactly bursting with extra resources to begin with. They could share some knowledge maybe - like technology, etc. - but short-term, nothing would really make much difference, as if Russia had some technology that Iran didn't, it'd be an advanced technology taking years to adopt and scale. Of course, Russia knows how to make all kinds of nukes, but Iran probably by now does too, at least in theory. It's the practice that US/Israel intend to make difficult for them, and Russia is not going to send them their nukes. Maybe Russians have some intelligence info, but given how deeply Mossad seems to be inside Iran's everything, it'd be stupid for Russia to share anything really useful, as it would only reveal Russian cards to Israel and thus to the US. So what aid could they really provide?
Oh yes, they could just let Khamenei live somewhere in Rostov, but I don't think ruling a country of the size of Iran from Rostov is a sustainable action, so if he leaves, he's probably done with being Iran's leader.
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