The exchange of prisoners between the United States and Iran has been tossed for a long time, and finally this prisoner exchange operation has been successfully completed, no matter how you look at it, it is an opportunity for the US-Iran relations to ease!
But the United States is not convinced, and the United States, which considers itself superior, feels that it has suffered great grievances in this matter. In the eyes of the United States, what is the strength of the United States, and what is the strength of Iran, Iran should take the initiative to send the five Americans back, instead of exchanging prisoners with the United States here.
Even, although the United States has repeatedly stressed that before the prisoner exchange, the United States released Iran's frozen $6 billion in South Korea, which was not part of the prisoner exchange agreement, but the money was originally Iranian. But the words of the United States, not many people really believe it!
The United States seizes other people's money, and the United States has done a lot of such things! If nothing else, the $9 billion assets of the Afghan Central Bank in the United States are still frozen by the United States, and the Afghan government has repeatedly asked the United States to unfreeze it, and the United States has never said that it wants to return the money to Afghanistan.
In the final analysis, even if Iran gets back the $6 billion and is not part of the prisoner exchange agreement, it is definitely inseparable from this prisoner exchange!
This makes public opinion in the United States even more dissatisfied! Another release of Iranian funds, and another way of changing prisoners, let Iran release Americans, the Biden administration was directly attacked by the Republican Party, this public opinion is biased towards the Biden administration is weak, can not get a small Iran.
Next year will be the US presidential election, at this juncture, neither Biden nor the Democratic Party wants to leave such a weak image! Therefore, whether Biden wants to take the opportunity to ease relations with Iran, he has to act and show his tough position.
This is why we see that on the day of the US-Iran prisoner exchange, many people thought that it was a win-win situation between the United States and Iran, which was beneficial to easing regional tensions, and the Biden administration issued new sanctions against Iran! Moreover, the slogans of sanctioning the former Iranian president and Iran's intelligence ministry are related to the five Americans who were released.
And the United States prisoner exchange synchronized with sanctions, turning a good thing into a bad thing, the impact will not only be that the US-Iran relationship has little room for maneuver, but also a big gift to Russia!
Anyway, when the United States sanctioned Iran on the day of the change of prisoners in order to show its tough stance, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also rushed to Tehran on the same day.
Shoigu went to Iran this time, and did not hide it, that is, to strengthen military relations between Russia and Iran!
The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that Shoigu will meet with Iranian military leaders and launch a series of talks on military cooperation between the two countries to strengthen military relations between Russia and Iran.
Over the years, relations between Russia and Iran have continued to strengthen! Russia has not torn its face with the West before, and Iran is also waiting for the arms import ban to be lifted, and wants to further let the United States lift sanctions against Iran, so it is still relatively conservative in military cooperation to avoid directly stimulating the United States.
But now it's different, with the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia has already torn its face with the United States, and it almost started a direct fight, naturally there is nothing to worry about! Now the United States, which was still using the Iranian nuclear agreement to hang Iran, is completely in a posture that does not put Iran in its eyes, and Russia will naturally not miss such an opportunity to strengthen military relations between the two countries.
Russia is so attentive to Iran, it is not only uniting all forces that can be united, but also Iran can really help Russia! Before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Iran sold drones to Russia played a significant role in the conflict, further strengthening military relations between the two countries, and will also benefit Russia's long-term war of attrition with the West. Iran's position itself is against US hegemony, and naturally it will not refuse Russia's olive branch, especially if the United States has little room to ease relations, and does not give Iran any leeway!