The Russian military says over 10,000 troops are returning to their permanent bases after a month of training in the region, including in areas near the Ukrainian border.
Moscow believes that the Iran nuclear deal officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is still topical and has no other alternatives, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. She was commenting on statements by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan over alternatives to the landmark agreement.
During the last two rounds of talks between Tehran and world powers in Austria, the Iranian team submitted new written proposals, about 80% of which were included in the existing draft, a European source says.
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.
Moscow and Beijing are jointly working to develop state-of-the-art weapons as they cooperate in the security area, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Hopes for a deal with the United States to limit NATO expansion in Eastern Europe are slim, Russian President says. Vladimir Putin argues that even a signed agreement could be torn up by the American side at a moment’s notice.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned his country is ready for a military response if NATO keeps ignoring Moscow’s security concerns.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says security agents have foiled 32 terrorist attacks over an 11-month period this year in the country. He stated Russia’s security forces managed to achieve a decline in the terrorist threat.
Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister and chief nuclear negotiator in Vienna talks, says the P4+1 group of countries has agreed to continue negotiations based on Tehran’s proposals.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says monitoring cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be installed at Iran’s nuclear facilities after precise technical, security and judicial examinations.
The Iranian proposals at new round of nuclear negotiations will be properly considered and either incorporated or rejected or modified, Russia’s Permanent Envoy to International Organizations in Vienna said. Iran has put forth two draft proposals to European powers concerning the removal of sanctions and Tehran’s nuclear commitments.
Diplomatic delegations to the Vienna talks held intensive bilateral and multilateral meetings at different levels on Monday in a bid to reach a deal to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and remove oppressive anti-Iran sanctions.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said even with the assassination of Iran’s top General Qassem Soleimani, the United States did not achieve its goal of dismantling the regional resistance.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says as a result of interactions and meetings held over the past few days at the expert level and by senior negotiating officials in Vienna, the differences between Iran and the P4+1 group over negotiable issues are decreasing.
The third expert meeting, called the Executive Measures Working Group, was held Sunday in Vienna following the talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries aimed at lifting the oppressive US sanctions against Tehran
Negotiating teams from Iran and the 4+1 group are striving to narrow differences during talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna, mainly aimed at getting US sanctions against Iran lifted.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister has said all parties to the Vienna talks are interested in preserving the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA.
Iran has denounced US-led efforts to boycott the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, expressing solidarity with China that is targeted by the American smear campaign. The UK, Canada and Australia have become the latest nations to announce a diplomatic boycott of the event.
UK government officials were in Tehran last week discussing legal ways to pay Britain’s historical £400m debt to Iran, the Iranian ambassador to London has said.
