Putin goes to Iran in first trip outside former USSR since Ukraine...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Putin's stay coincides with a visit to Iran by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
43% : The despotic pair's rendezvous comes one week after White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that US intelligence indicates Iran wants to sell Russia "several hundred" drones -- including ones capable of weapons strikes -- for use in the war against its western neighbor, with initial training of Moscow's forces set to begin as soon as this month.
42% : Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave his country's sphere of influence Tuesday for the first time since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February -- traveling to Iran for a sitdown with the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali al-Khamenei.
41% : The White House is currently trying to persuade Iran to rejoin the dormant 2015 nuclear deal that was also brokered by five other countries -- including Russia.
39% : In the interim, Iran has shut off surveillance cameras positioned in nuclear facilities by international inspectors and now has enough high-enriched uranium to potentially fashion into at least one nuclear bomb if it chose.
25% : The Russian leader's travel to the Middle East follows President Biden's four-day swing through Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia last week -- during which he assured Israeli leaders that Washington would not allow Tehran to develop a nuclear bomb.

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