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In Iran, Russia’s war on Ukraine is a political flash point

People cross a busy street at the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 16, 2022. Russia’s war on Ukraine has exposed just how much Iran has tilted toward Moscow in recent years. Among ordinary Iranians, there is a great deal of sympathy for Ukraine On the streets of Tehran recently, 12 people told The Associated Press that they supported Ukraine, while three reiterated Iran’s official stance and two supported Russia. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) FILE - Education Ministry spokesman Mawlvi Aziz Ahmad Rayan speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 23, 2022. Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Girls have been banned from going to school beyond the sixth grade, women are turned back from boarding planes if they travel unaccompanied by a male relative. Men and women can only visit public parks on separate days. (AP Photo/Mohammed Shoaib Amin, File) FILE - Men wait in a line to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 3, 2021. Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. On Monday, March 28, 2022, members of the Taliban vice and virtue ministry stood outside government ministries, ordering male employees without turbans and beards — symbols of piety and acceptance of Islamic law — to go home. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) FILE - Taliban fighters with other Afghan men, ride a swing at an amusement park, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2022. Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Men and women can only visit public parks on separate days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) FILE - In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures after delivering his speech at the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 20, 2022. Russia’s war on Ukraine has exposed just how much Iran has tilted toward Moscow in recent years. Among ordinary Iranians, there is a great deal of sympathy for Ukraine. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE - Members of a female robotics team arrive from Herat province to receive visas from the U.S. embassy, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 13, 2017. Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Women are turned back from boarding planes if they travel unaccompanied by a male relative. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)