Soviet Union 1991

(Second update, the blocked words are basically the Islamic world and the integration of religion and politics, which have been corrected now. After the revision of the backend of Qidian, there are more and more blocked words.)

When the US's statement on punishing Iran was clamoring, Iraq was silent and made a fortune. Saddam even said that Iraq only wanted to seek independent development rather than hegemony in the Middle East, which was a change from the usual behavior. In the eyes of others, it seemed that Saddam had given up his ambition to unify the Middle East because of the domestic economic situation after the Gulf War, but in fact he was recuperating and waiting for the day of re-emergence.

And because of Iraq's silence, the United States also focused its attention on Iran. In other words, who told you to hit the American gun at the most critical juncture. So Iran became another country that the United States wanted to conquer that opposed American values. At least in the eyes of Uncle Sam, there are only two types of countries, one is a "free and human rights" country that follows the footsteps of the United States, and the other is a "dictatorial and brutal" regime that opposes the United States.

Faced with the aggressive attitude of the Americans, Iran naturally can't sit still. They will not sit idly by and let the Americans launch a double attack on Iran in public opinion and economy. They need to find a breakthrough to counter the hegemony of the United States.

Khamenei is preparing to visit China recently, and the news of meeting with Chinese leaders has once again attracted everyone's attention. Everyone knows that as the leader of Iran's spiritual world, Khamenei will not visit foreign countries casually, unless Iran encounters some problems in international affairs and needs to seek solutions, or visits other Islamic countries, but now it is obviously the former. Iran has encountered problems and continues to seek new strategic partners.

Originally, visiting other countries was the right exercised by President Rafsanjani, but now it has been replaced by Khamenei. For those who are familiar with the political situation in Iran, they have expected that the contradiction between the Iranian president and the spiritual leader has gradually begun to surface. Khamenei is not a person without real power, although he is not the head of the government. As the former president who led the Iran-Iraq War, he has great prestige both in the military and in the civilian sector. In other words, as long as the president is incompetent, Khamenei has the right to exercise the power of impeachment.

And Khamenei's visit to the country this time. Was regarded by other countries as the first step of his comeback. As for the fact that his first visit was not to the Soviet Union but to China, even the CIA could not guess what this old fox was thinking.

Only Khamenei himself understood that this action was just a demonstration, not only to Western countries, but also to the domestic opposition. Let them really figure out one thing, who is the absolute leader of Iran.

China will certainly not miss the opportunity to win over a Middle Eastern oil-rich country, not to mention that the war that this country participated in at the beginning also fed its military-industrial system, so that when it heard that the Iranian or Iraqi leaders were visiting, the military-industrial department was as excited as seeing a rich man giving money.

Of course, Khamenei did not disappoint them this time. When he visited China, he first proposed a plan to sign a large order with China's military-industrial department. This plan includes the most basic Type 56 submachine guns and Red Flag anti-aircraft missiles. Regarding Iraq's recent purchase of some Chinese-made tanks, Khamenei also specifically proposed to purchase the Red Arrow series of anti-tank weapons. Anyway, in the eyes of Iranians, Chinese weapons are cheap and practical. Not a high military expenditure can gain great combat effectiveness.

Although Iran did not purchase tanks and fighters this time, but purchased defensive weapons, it can be seen who Khamenei is targeting. After expressing his wishes for long-term cooperation with China, Khamenei went to Moscow again. In this way, everyone suddenly realized that the Islamic world was preparing to unite with the socialist camp to deal with the democratic and free American traitors?

Khamenei met with Yanaev in Moscow, and the two sides exchanged views on economic cooperation. To be honest, they discussed the issue of arms trade with Moscow.

"Purchase our Hail rocket launchers and SAM anti-aircraft missiles? It seems that you are determined to fight the United States to the end. Excuse me, Khamenei, do you really think that with Iran's strength, you can really fight the United States' joint forces to the death?" Yanaev deliberately used verbal stimulation to test the other party.

"President Yanaev, you and I know who our common enemy is, so I just said it directly. Yes, now we do need arms trade from the Soviet Union and other countries to strengthen our armed forces. We have seen the end of Iraq since the Gulf War. The United States relied on its own high-tech to crush the world's fourth-largest army in just a few weeks. Whether it is for the main social camp or the armed forces of our Islamic world, the gap is obvious."

Khamenei refuted Yanaev and reminded Yanaev that in the face of the common enemy of the United States, the Soviet Union and Iran had better maintain a close cooperative relationship. To prevent the Americans from finding an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Although he was refuted, Yanayev found Iran, his ally, more and more interesting. "I agree with you, Khamenei. But everyone knows that this is not a short-term war. Iran may face a decade-long blockade by the United States. So are you sure you won't succumb to the Americans?"

Khamenei was stopped by Yanayev's gesture before he could speak. "I don't need any promises or guarantees. After all, you are an old customer of the Soviet military industry. Since you need weapons, we are willing to make this deal. But compared to Hail and Sam, don't you need other weapons?"

"Especially weapons that can cause large-scale damage to the enemy." Yanayev threw out the idea of ​​trading chemical weapons again. While the UN convention has not yet come into effect, he has to quickly get rid of the stock on Pozruz Island.

But Khamenei's attitude surprised Yanayev. The other party just shook his head. "We don't need chemical weapons for the time being. If the United States seizes the excuse, they will have the opportunity to launch a war against Iran. Moreover, Iran has no strategic depth. Once it fights with the US military, Iran may not last more than a few days."

Yanayev was slightly stunned. This was somewhat different from what Victor had told him at the beginning. Seeing Yanaev's embarrassed expression, Khamenei added, "Of course, the previous deal has not expired, we just think it's not the best time to trade now."

At this point, Yanaev finally reacted. Khamenei agreed to Victor's request at the time, just to use the power of the Soviet Union and the United States to achieve the goal of making the domestic moderates lose power. The so-called chemical weapons deal is just a cover. To be precise, it is a cover used by Khamenei to deal with the opposition.

Thinking of this, Yanaev was a little angry, but even he couldn't help but admit that the guy in the white robe in front of him was really a cunning old fox. In this three-way competition between Iran, the United States and the Soviet Union, under Khamenei's design, the Soviet Union ended up with nothing. However, Yanaev would never allow Iran to play tricks on the Soviet Union. He must let Khamenei know what the consequences of deceiving a superpower would be.

He secretly raised the price of all weapons and ammunition to about 7%. To make up for the lost share of chemical weapons transactions, it can be regarded as a small punishment for Iran.

During this visit, Khamenei also purchased a certain number of BMP armored personnel carriers. They hope to increase their military strength. Now the Iranian army is still a long way from true mechanization. However, when the price list was listed in front of Khamenei, he was in a bad mood.

"Why is it so expensive? It is almost a quarter higher than the price we agreed on." Khamenei frowned with some dissatisfaction. He accused Yanaev of having problems with the manifest provided by Yanaev, but the other party refuted him like this.

"Have you forgotten the price of our supplies? When was the last time Iran purchased our weapons? It has been about five years. In the past five years, the prices of many things have risen. Although we are committed to suppressing the rise in raw material prices, these things are not something we can completely control."

If weapons are just a one-time transaction, then consumables are a long-term cooperation. Yanaev calculated that Iran would hold many military exercises to show off its strength to the United States, so for Iran, consumables are the most important source of profit.

In Yanayev's convincing reply, Khamenei had no choice but to sign the contract with a trap. Of course, a quarter of the price was not very expensive for Iran. Moreover, most of the weapons in Iran's armed forces were Soviet-style or Chinese-imitation Soviet-style weapons. If Iran, which lacked its own heavy industry strength, wanted to seek development, it had to accept the Soviet Union's somewhat rude request.

Yanayev just smiled and watched the other party sign his name on the contract. Who told Iran to break its promise first, especially when the other party tried to use a big country to achieve its own goals.

"Do you really think that the United States will not dare to attack you if you don't have chemical weapons? Khamenei, you still underestimate the shamelessness of the US government. When there is an armed conflict between the United States and Iran, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance." Yanayev said to himself while holding the signed arms trade contract. (To be continued.)