The head of the Israeli government, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with a local Russian-speaking Ninth TV channel, said that Israel was concerned about Russia's cooperation with Iran and warned Moscow that Iran's expansion in the Middle East was a danger to Russian interests.

"The fact of the Russia-Iran axis is very troubling to us. Of course, Russia has a lot of explanations for its behavior: it wants to prevent the victory of the Danish ("Islamic State", it is forbidden in the Russian Federation), to break it. But, of course, this does not mean that we are ready to change the Danish government to Iran so that Hezbollah or the Shiite militia use the Syrian territory, the Syrian part of the Golan Heights, to attack us. To form a Shiite arc - from Iran through Iraq and Syria, through Lebanon to Gaza and another one from the Yemen and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. We say that Iran, and I said this to the President (Russia Vladimir) Putin, is a danger not only for us. Ultimately, this is a danger for you, "said Netanyahu.

The Israeli leadership is not the first time expressing dissatisfaction with the ties and interaction existing between Moscow and Tehran, but it should be treated normally, said political analyst, historian, president of the Moscow Center for the Study of Public Law Ajdar Kurtov.

At the same time, unlike Israel, unlike Israel, it neighbors with Iran (albeit indirectly, being divided with it by the post-Soviet republics) and distanced from it in favor of Tel Aviv, based on its interests not only in the Middle East, but also in the Caspian region, She is not at all profitable. "Anyway, we need to build good-neighborly relations, and Russia succeeds, despite all the criticism of Israel," said the analyst "Utru".

Currently, Russian-Iranian relations are on the rise: the country is headed by a moderate politician Hasan Rouhani, who is determined to be friends with the Russian Federation, in addition, Iran is experiencing serious political and economic difficulties. But the previous Iranian governments perceived the Russian Federation quite friendly.

Relations with Israel are fundamentally different, and it is unlikely that the country's leadership has the right to blame Russia for relations with Iran, believes A. Kurtov. But to understand the position of Tel Aviv, you can. It would be an exaggeration to say that Iranian missiles represent a real huge danger for Israel, but if Syria, with the help of Russia and Iran, will maintain and strengthen the Bashar Assad regime, Israel will not be able to avoid new problems with the Golan Heights.

This is not the only risk factor for Israel, which encourages him to make such statements. Israeli fears about Iran's desire to create Shiite arc are quite natural, notes A. Kurtov. "Yes, he wants the Middle East and Middle East countries to have friendly, confessionally close to Iran regimes. Where the radicalism of some conservative Sunni states of the Persian Gulf is more dangerous than the Shiites, which are not so many in the region and the world, and some kind of global or regional threat they do not represent. They are fighting for their interests - like the Russian Federation, like Israel, "the expert said..

However, Russia has too many "ties" to Iran, to give up these interests. Moscow still has to conduct difficult negotiations with Tehran on the status of the Caspian Sea. And besides, the Russian military-industrial complex counts on the Islamic Republic (IRI) as a major buyer of its products - the concluded agreement on the nuclear program allows Iran to gradually get rid of sanctions. In 2020, he will be able to import weapons.

But even now supplies to Tehran have resumed supplies of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, the IRI is showing interest in the latest S-400 air defense missile system, the Bastion shore-based missile system, T-90S tanks and Mi-8 helicopters. This undoubtedly raises the alarm of Tel Aviv.

In addition, large energy and transport projects are being implemented in Iran with the participation of Russians, including the construction of new power units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, negotiations are under way (although only at the initial stage) on the North-South transport corridor.

So for Moscow, in principle, maintaining the closest possible relationship with Iran for the future.