Iran Foreign Policy – Articles and opinions about Iran’s diplomatic relations, including those related to major supranational bodies such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
A top Iranian lawmaker has dismissed the notion that Yemen’s recent drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates constitute an obstacle to Iran’s negotiations with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Iran has rejected a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly over the Holocaust, calling it an abuse of international mechanisms by the Zionist regime to cover up its crimes.
Iran’s vice president for parliamentary affairs has criticized the hype surrounding Tehran’s strategic cooperation with China and Russia, saying such partnership does mean that the government is “selling” the country to the two Eastern powers.
Iran’s Embassy in Islamabad has roundly dismissed claims by a Pakistani newspaper that Tehran assisted the Yemeni army in its recent retaliatory aerial attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key party to the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has expressed hope that his visit to Moscow will be a “turning point” in growing relations between Iran and Russia, saying the two countries can join forces to break the US dollar’s dominance, among other achievements.
The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry says Tehran has always supported China in its core concerns over the one-China policy and other issues. Saeed Khatibzadeh told Xinhua that Beijing has also assisted Iran in different fields like the fight against COVID-19 in this very hard time.
A Russia affairs researcher says a new model of cooperation between Tehran, Moscow and the resistance front has taken shape in recent years, particularly following the outbreak of the Syria crisis.
The presidents of Iran and Russia underlined the need to counter global unilateralism specially those on the part of the US and some European countries.
Iran’s Foreign Minister has hailed the long meeting between President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow as cordial, saying the “landmark” event will result in ties taking a new, diverse and fast direction.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said Tehran is ready for the implementation of a 20-year strategic cooperation document with Russia which would serve the interests of both nations.
Iran’s former ambassador to Russia says the visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Moscow is “very helpful and even necessary”
Mahmoudreza Sajjadi says the visit is a correction of “the wrong policy” of the former Iranian administration.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Moscow for an official visit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and for the purpose of expanding economic, political and cultural ties.
Ahead of his departure for Moscow, President Ebrahim Raisi said joint cooperation between Iran and Russia will help build security in the region and counter unilateralism there.
Iran’s negotiating team in the Vienna talks has held a meeting with the delegations of the European troika in Vienna as the 8th round of negotiations resumes with the aim of removing sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has announced Tehran’s readiness to participate in any initiative that would end the 7-year war in Yemen.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said President Raisi’s visit to Russia will result in a new roadmap in ties between Tehran and Moscow.
Iran's Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has warned about a Western propaganda campaign aimed at tarnishing the image of the Russian Federation among Iranians in a bid to prevent close cooperation between the two neighbors.
On threshold of a visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Russia, political experts believe that the time has come for Iran to strengthen its foreign policy, implement the policy of multilateralism and develop regional ties by defining Tehran-Moscow strategic relations and by merging into the Greater Eurasian Partnership initiative proposed by Russia.
An Iranian political expert believes that President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Russia provides a good opportunity for the two sides to strengthen their ties across several prongs.
A senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says Iran's relations and interactions with the Russian Federation and China are reciprocal and based on mutual respect.
