Since the Russian-Syrian alliance was forged in Syria several years ago, many have wondered what could bring together the former communist Russia and Shia Iran. The Russian government is nominally orthodox Christian, democratic and ostensibly capitalist, as well as a system based upon the farming of intelligence. Iran, meanwhile, is a theocracy unmatched in the world since the Middle Ages, when the clergy controlled everything. Nonetheless, the two governments came together, despite the cultural and religious differences between them, around the fact that they are classed as rogue governments by the West and are facing joint enemies, namely the US …read more Source: Middle East...