TEHRAN The Iranian parliament ratified a 20-year strategic partnership treaty with Russia Wednesday, state media reported, consolidating closer ties between the two countries amid growing tensions with the West. The deal, which was signed by Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin in January, was already ratified by Russia's State Duma last month. It passed the Iranian parliament with 191 votes in favour, eight against and three abstentions among the 212 members present, Iran 's