Assaults signal collapse of Iran's pact with Russia

ISRAEL'S devastating air and land assault on Iran has left Tehran without functioning air defence systems and effectively undefended.

- BY MARCO GIANNANGELI

Operation Rising Lion launched two weeks ago, marks more than an escalation in the shadow war between both countries, however.

It signals the collapse of Iran's fragile strategic partnership with Russia.

Backed by Mossad intelligence, Israeli Defence Forces launched drones from inside Iran to disable radar and missile sites around the capital before moving in with air strikes.