TEHRAN once again showed support for Moscow as the Wagner Group crisis became one of the greatest challenges for Russian Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power.
The Foreign Ministry of Iran said it ‘supports the Rule of Law in the Russian Federation’ and hoped that ‘Russia will overcome this phase’.
Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin started his rebellion on June 23 after accusing the Russian Military of corruption and mismanagement following months of increasing animosity between the two sides.
On June 24, Putin announced that the Wagner Group’s actions amounted to ‘treason’ and warned of ‘severe’ punishment.
Prigozhin on the other hand vowed to topple Russia’s Military leadership along with plans to advance in Moscow after his group seized control of Rostov.
The brief rebellion ended after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko negotiated a deal that allowed Prigozhin to be exiled to Belarus after a failed uprising against the Russian Military and to drop charges against the Wagner Boss for starting an armed rebellion.
Putin also won staunch support from Iran for his country’s military campaign in Ukraine during his visit to Tehran in July of last year, a sign of increasingly close ties between the two allies.
