“North Korean officials make rare public visit to Iran”
Notice the headline says “Public visit”
Not the 1st & not the last.
Of course, it’s all about deterrence. The deals, the transfer of technology has been completed. It’s like the not so public Pakistani meeting last week and the follow up public meeting this week. Iran has the nuclear retaliatory capability, whether domestically produced or provided to them by their partners. The delivery system was demonstrated two weeks ago when Iran put ballistic missiles down the pipe of Israel’s three most heavily defended targets, the two air bases and the intel base.