“Why Iran and Hezbollah Are Quietly Applauding Putin’s War on Ukraine,” Jason Brodsky and David Daoud, op-ed, Haaretz, March 10, 2022.

The key quote—“Regional presence gives us strategic depth and more power. Why should we give it up? Scientific progress in the nuclear field is related to our future needs, and if we give that up, will anyone help us in the future?” he added.  See “Khamenei: Iran won’t give up ‘defensive power, regional presence, nuclear progress’,” Times of Israel, March 10, 2022.