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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Russia → Iran

This score represents Russia's relationship toward Iran. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

RUS → IRN+25Cooperative94% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
IRN → RUS+25CooperativeSymmetric current scores
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.

Security+20

1 documented factor produce the +20 security assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed
    Active event · 2025

    The 2025 treaty institutionalised wider political, security, economic and international cooperation without creating a mutual-defence obligation.

Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish an additional frozen bilateral security rule or collective-defence obligation.

Diplomacy+35

2 documented factors produce the +35 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10Recurring institutional dialogue
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official record supports the frozen recurring institutional dialogue criterion for Russia and Iran in the 2015 baseline.

  2. +25Comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed
    Active event · 2025

    The 2025 treaty institutionalised wider political, security, economic and international cooperation without creating a mutual-defence obligation.

Economic+20

1 documented factor produce the +20 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed
    Active event · 2025

    The 2025 treaty institutionalised wider political, security, economic and international cooperation without creating a mutual-defence obligation.

Coverage gap: 2015 reporter-side trade was below the frozen threshold or unavailable, and no additional qualifying economic institution was evidenced.

Alignment+35

2 documented factors produce the +35 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.

  2. +20Comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed
    Active event · 2025

    The 2025 treaty institutionalised wider political, security, economic and international cooperation without creating a mutual-defence obligation.

Disputes+15

1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Managed non-territorial bilateral order
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official record supports the frozen managed non-territorial bilateral order criterion for Russia and Iran in the 2015 baseline.

Societal+10

1 documented factor produce the +10 societal assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10Comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed
    Active event · 2025

    The 2025 treaty institutionalised wider political, security, economic and international cooperation without creating a mutual-defence obligation.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+7 in 2015 → +25 in 2026

The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

+18

Comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed

The 2025 treaty institutionalised wider political, security, economic and international cooperation without creating a mutual-defence obligation.

Interpret with care

This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.

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