Putin offered to help Saudi Arabia protect its people and oil infrastructure by selling the kingdom Russian-made air defense systems
Turkey more severely, including by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which last month called on the White House to impose sanctions.
Following a bilateral meeting with Rouhani on Monday, Putin stressed Russia's continuing support for the JCPOA despite Trump's withdrawal. And both the Iranian and Russian leaders spoke about the success of their efforts to improve economic ties. But the attack and Trump's response also gives Putin the opportunity to highlight Washington's diminished influence in the Middle East, as well as Trump's isolation on the issue of the Iran nuclear deal. The EU and the other European guarantors of the JCPOA , France, Germany and the United Kingdom, have remained committed to the deal despite Trump's pull-out.
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