Escobar: A Sovereign Iran Will Move Closer To Russia-China Escobar: A Sovereign Iran Will Move Closer To Russia-China Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Iran’s president-elect will ‘Look East’ while seeking to exit ‘strategic patience’ when dealing with the US… In hisĀ first press conferenceĀ as President-Elect with 62% of the votes, Ebrahim Raesi, facing …