Iran-Russia Relations

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will address a meeting of the Russian State Duma lower house of parliament on Thursday, First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov says.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed pleasure with the upcoming visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow next week, state television channel Rossiya-1 reported on Sunday.

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji on Saturday said Tehran and Moscow have held talks on bilateral cooperation in different areas of the economic sector, promising good news on the two countries’ cooperation in the energy sector.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's upcoming visit to Moscow will be very important, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.

As the new round of negotiations on the removal of anti-Iran sanctions continues, a top Russian diplomat says that progress in Vienna talks is visible and main stumbling blocks are becoming clearer.

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) said in a report it is expected Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Russia to deepen bilateral ties between Tehran and Moscow, besides shaping a long-awaited defense deal between the two allies. The report also adds Tehran expects to acquire Su-35 fighter jets as well as the S-400 missile defense system.

Iran’s ambassador to Russia says the upcoming visit by President Ebrahim Raisi to Moscow will be a “turning point” in bilateral relations with Russia and will lay out the roadmap for the future cooperation between the two countries.

Moscow and Tehran are preparing contacts at the highest level, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday.

Iran’s government spokesman says President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Russia soon.

Iran's Ambassador to Russia says there has been a considerable increase in Iran's exports to the Russian Federation in the current year.

The top nuclear negotiators of Iran, Russia and China have held talks in Vienna.

Moscow’s ambassador to Tehran says the value of trade between Iran and Russia reached 3.6 billion dollars in 2021, up by 87 percent compared to last year, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iran and Russia are preparing to sign a new strategic partnership agreement. That is according to Zvezda TV Channel affiliated with the Russian Defense Ministry.

Referring to Washington’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Russia’s representative in Vienna talks says the decision to pull out from the landmark agreement was like shooting in one of the US legs.

Russia’s senior negotiator to the Vienna talks aimed at lifting US sanctions against Iran has lauded a recent agreement reached between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the installation of new surveillance cameras at an Iranian site.

Russia says comments by its envoy to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Olyanov regarding centrifuges at Iran’s nuclear facilities were mistranslated into Farsi by Radio Farda, a Persian speaking media outlet run by the US.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has always stressed that all anti-Iran sanctions which are illegal and contrary to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and UN Security Council Resolution 2231 must be removed.

In an in interview with Iranian news website Entehab, a former diplomat of the Islamic Republic has answered questions as to how far Russia and China will go to support Tehran in the Vienna talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hoping that his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi will visit Russia early next year.

An Iranian man wanted for a 400-million dollar fraud has been extradited to the Islamic Republic from Russia.

There is no alternative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran’s nuclear program, and proposals for other options are making it harder to salvage the deal, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

US Embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years must leave Russia by 31 January 2022, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The Iranian foreign minister has thanked Russia for playing an active role in the Vienna talks aimed at removing anti-Tehran sanctions.

A top Russian diplomat has criticized the United States for threats to confront Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Mikhail Ulyanov says Washington has forgotten that Iranians don't do anything under pressure.