VOL. XXXII

NO. 38

26-JUNE-1989

The Middle East Situation

Iranian Majlis speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani has described his optimism aboutfuture relations with the USSR prior to his visit to Moscow as "totallyjustified" by the results of his talks with Soviet officials, whichincluded long-term agreements on economic and military cooperation. How deep thenew-found friendship between Moscow and Tehran runs and how durable it willprove to be remains to be seen, since the two countries are strange...