Iran-Russia Relations

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that the implementation of major projects between Tehran and Moscow will produce a huge capacity to counter cruel Western sanctions against the two countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the country's foreign ministry’s proposal to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Tehran, according to Putin’s order published on the state website.

An informed source in the Iranian Armed Forces has dismissed the Ukrainian prosecutor's claim about Tehran's involvement in training members of Russia's army on drone-related matters, calling it a conspiracy by some Western and European countries to justify their direct interference in the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu that ties between Tehran and Moscow will continue to expand along a permanent and lasting path.

The Iranian Embassy in London has strongly denied claims by the British newspaper Guardian that Russia has shared nuclear secrets with Iran to help it make nukes in a quid pro quo for Tehran giving Moscow missiles.

A former Iranian parliamentarian believes that Iran’s 2015 nuclear accord with the West does not exist anymore, adding Tehran and Washington are scrambling to strike a new deal.

A former Iranian envoy to the UN has hit out at Russia for ‘always blocking the path’ to Iran, despite the fact that the two countries are believed to be strategic allies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the relationship between Moscow and Tehran as strategic, reaffirming Russia’s support for Iran’s key transportation routes.

There is no evidence yet that Moscow has already used Iranian ballistic missiles against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has stated.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has warned that Tehran will take reciprocal measures after the US and the three European states imposed sanctions against Iran over the alleged missile delivery to Russia.

The United States has formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, saying Washington will take measures to punish Tehran. The Islamic Republic has denied providing Moscow with weapons for the conflict.

Washington cannot confirm reports that Tehran had supplied Moscow with ballistic missiles, White House national security spokesman John Kirby has stated.

The Kremlin, asked on Monday about a Wall Street Journal report that Tehran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Moscow, announced that Iran is Russia's partner, and that the two countries are developing dialogue in all areas.

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, former head of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran's parliament, criticized the public declaration of Iran's sale of ballistic missiles to Russia, calling it "the dirtiest form of Russophilia."

The head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns has not confirmed recent Western media reports that Tehran has transferred ballistic missiles to Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.

Iran’s last ambassador to the former Soviet Union says the Islamic Republic has to change its strategy in the face of Russia.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will attend the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, where he plans to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Tehran's Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali told TASS.

The mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has rejected the accusation of Iran supplying ballistic missiles to Russia as baseless and misleading.

Russia’s recent and past deviations from what ‘strategic allies’ would normally do for each other, have shaken Iranians’ confidence, with calls growing on the new administration of President Massoud Pezeshkian to revise the country’s policies vis-à-vis Moscow.

Iran’s ambassador to Russia has reportedly expressed Tehran's disapproval over Russia’s tilt towards the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding the strategic Zangezur corridor in Caucasus at the cost of Iran, according to informed sources.

The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied Ukraine's claims that an Iranian officer was training Russian soldiers in Moscow's war on Kiev.

The Russian defense exhibition known as ARMY 2024 was held several days ago in Moscow.

Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian President's pick for foreign minister emphasized that the new administration will continue to pursue a robust policy of good neighborliness, aiming to maximize the political and economic opportunities with neighboring countries while seeking to expand ties with China and Russia and all other nations that stood by Iran in the face of the US-led sanctions.

Russia has invited Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to participate in the summit of BRICS members in Kazan, Russia.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s pick for foreign minister Abbas Araqchi has outlined his plan if he is approved for the post by the parliament.