The United States is pushing Iran to stop selling combat drones to Russia as part of discussions on a broader unwritten understanding between Washington and Tehran to de-escalate tensions, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the matter. Moscow and Tehran have repeatedly refuted reports about the use of Iranian drones in Ukraine.
The Iranian Defense Ministry has put a number of domestically-developed military systems and weapons on display at the International Military Forum ARMY-2023 in Russia.
A high-ranking Iranian military delegation headed by Vice-Chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff General Aziz Nasirzadeh on Monday arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials.
A UK-based organization that investigates weapon components says it has discovered Russian efforts to produce its own domestic version of Iran’s Shahed series drones.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov will visit Tehran on August 7-8 to discuss the situation around the Iran nuclear deal and Tehran's interaction with the BRICS.
Thirty-seven Iranian-made drones attacked Ukraine on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address. Moscow and Tehran have repeatedly refuted reports about Iranian drone supplies and their use in the Ukraine war.
A member of the Presiding Board of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce says Iran missed an opportunity to attract the investments of Russian businesspeople after the war in Ukraine.
Commander of Iran’s Navy Admiral Shahram Irani has arrived in the Russian port city of Saint Petersburg to take part in an annual parade to honor Russian Navy Day.
US intelligence officials claim Moscow is building a drone-manufacturing facility in the country with Tehran's help that could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine once it is completed. Moscow and Tehran have previously denied similar claims.
The preparation for a new international treaty on strategic partnership between Moscow and Tehran continues, and the sides reaffirm their interest in signing this document, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing Thursday.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in a televised interview that Tehran would maintain its relations with countries while pursuing its “Look to Asia” policy, but hastened to add that the Islamic Republic “will never allow Russia or China to think that they are our only choices.”
Sergei Lavrov the Russian Foreign Minister says Moscow never develops any doubts about the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and that it respects and will respect them completely.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani says that Tehran has formally protested to Moscow about its recent joint statement with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) regarding three Iranian islands.
A group of former Iranian diplomats have warned the government of President Ebrahim Raisi against sticking to what they describe as a “one-sided” look-to-the-East policy and anti-West approach, saying an unbalanced foreign policy agenda will harm the interests of the country.
The Iranian Parliament Speaker cautions Russia not to promote a Western agenda to destabilize the Persian Gulf region, Moscow joined voice with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council to question Iranian sovereignty over three islands in the region.
Iran’s Embassy in Brussels has rejected claims made against Tehran in the final communique of the summit of NATO heads of state and government in Lithuania.
An Iranian daily lashes out the government for what it describes as failure to show a befitting reaction to Russia’s “back-stabbing,” after Moscow supported a territorial claim by the United Arab Emirates to the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
A senior advisor to Iran’s leader has said it was naïve of Russia to fall into the trap of the GCC regarding the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa, which are an integral part of Iran.
An Iranian lawmaker says Russia made a mistake in signing a statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that questioned Iran’s sovereignty on the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa in the Persian Gulf.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Alexey Dedov, following the issuance of a joint statement by Russia and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that supported the United Arab Emirates’ claims to three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf.
A former Iranian lawmaker has lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for “playing with Iran’s national interests” by supporting Arab governments’ claims to three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
NATO allies have urged Iran to stop what they called supplying drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war. Moscow and Tehran have repeatedly refuted claims about Iranian drone supplies and their use in Ukraine.
All the "evidence" of the alleged use of Iranian drones in Ukraine is laughable, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday.
Moscow rejects attempts to deny Iran the right to peacefully run its nuclear power generation program under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has said.
