Security News > 2022 > July > Russia, Iran, discuss tech manufacturing, infosec and e-governance collaboration

Iran's Communications Ministry joined in a pledge with Russian state-owned defence and technology conglomerate Rostec to explore future collaboration in e-government, information security, and other areas.

News of the collaboration came in a statement published on Friday by Iran's Information Technology Organization - a government agency charged with developing policy related to data networks and digital services.

Rostec has the goal of fostering technology development within Russia and finding export opportunities.

The latter are currently hard to find, given the extensive sanctions imposed on Russia over its illegal invasion of Ukraine.

Russia and Iran are both credibly accused of using deniably-distant malicious cyber actors to attack systems and spread misinformation abroad. The prospect of collaboration between the two nations improving their offensive or defensive capabilities is not welcome.

Exploring manufacturing collaboration could ease those challenges - or perhaps Russia is keen to know how Iran accesses gray market hardware sold by unscrupulous gulf state resellers.

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