Premises for the Russo-Iranian War

Although currently the Russian federation is doing business with Iran, the basic premise of the project is that Russian military leaders concluded directly after January 1995, the help for Chechen rebels was being funnelled through northern Iran with the help of Iranina mullahs, and a plan was submitted to launch a military ground campaign which included an invasion of northern Iran west of the Capsian Sea; with purpsoe of the invasion was to shut down the means Chechen and other guerillas were using to move supplies through northern Iran to Chechnya.

Inherent in this scenario is that cooperation with Kazakhstan and other southern CIS republics included local security for troop movments and airfields, as well as local operations by Russian federation security forces to suppress  partisans operating against the Russian Army.  Included as well was basing rights for advanced fighters to operate out of the airport at Baku, and for Naval infantry units to base and operate from that port.

Information about this area is severely lacking but apparently the area is a nightmare for mechanized forces with sleep gradients and few roads.  

In order for forces to be deployed into the area, most of the initial deployments must take place near rails, which suggests a vulnerability for the Russian Army in local security in this early deployment, as rails in this area run around hills and moutains, which mask guerilla movment and activities