Iran and Belarus Boost Their Partnership (Emil Avdaliani – The Jamestown Foundation)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, on August 19, met with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk following a string of previous high-level visits that expanded bilateral relations in commercial and military spheres. Tensions with the West have pushed Belarus and Iran to seek alignment in the late 2010s, and Russia’s war against Ukraine has accelerated this trend. The growing relationship between the Islamic Republic and Belarus factors into their aims to combat Western influence and aspirations to build a multipolar world.

Iran and Belarus Boost Their Partnership – Jamestown