“Iran–Russia Relations Under Raisi: The Eurasian Dimension – Analysis,”  Deepika Saraswat, Eurasia Review, March 1, 2022.

And I thought the Ukraine War was started by Putin.  “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the war in Ukraine should be stopped and accused the United States, which he called a “mafia-like regime”, of creating the crisis.”  See “Iran’s supreme leader criticises U.S. over Ukraine crisis,” Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, March 1, 2022.