Iran-Russia Relations

Iranian daily: You didn’t deal with Russian envoy insults, now it’s UK ambassador’s turn!

An Iranian newspaper has written in a scathing editorial if the Iranian foreign ministry had sternly dealt with the Russian ambassador for his ‘offensive remarks’ and actions during the past two years, the British envoy would not dare go down the same path.

Minister: Iran, Russia start using national currencies in transactions

Iran's minister of industries, mining and trade says the country and Russia have started doing business in their national currencies, namely rial and ruble.

Iran, Russia sign automotive deals worth €700mn

Iranian and Russian car manufacturing companies have signed 12 cooperation deals worth 700 million euros on the sidelines of an international automobile exhibition in the Russian capital Moscow.

Minister: Iran, Russia set to expand ties in industrial sector

Tehran and Moscow are ready to further develop their cooperation in shipbuilding, aviation and automobile industries, according to the Iranian minister of industry, mines and trade.

Official: Iran will start biggest exhibition presence in Moscow Monday

A spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Commerce says the country’s biggest exhibition presence will kick off on Monday in Moscow.

Iran car industry eyes bigger share from Russian market

The Western sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine has provided a new opportunity for Iran’s automobile and auto parts industry to gain a firm foothold in its northern neighbor’s markets, an Iranian official says.

Analyst rejects ‘concerns’ over Iran-Russia cooperation as propaganda

A former Iranian diplomat and senior political analyst has taken a swipe at the West for its smear campaign against Iran and its cooperation with Russia, saying the move is aimed at creating a negative atmosphere against the Islamic Republic.

Iran says to build new versions of Khayyam satellite, fresh launching ahead

Iran’s minister of information and communications technology says the Islamic Republic will make new versions of the newly-launched Khayyam satellite in a joint collaboration with Russia.

US says Russians began training on Iranian drones

The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, an official told CNN. Iran has earlier rejected the White House claim that Tehran is sending drones to Moscow for use in the Ukraine war.

Iranian MP: Iran-Russia strategic ties deepening

Strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia has entered a new phase after signing a mammoth billion-dollar energy agreement, an Iranian lawmaker says.

Iranian MP: Iran, Russia can raise global status by energy deals

Iran and Russia sit on 30 percent of the world’s gas reserves and energy deals between the two countries can elevate their standing in the world, an Iranian lawmaker says.

Iran to issue cards under Russian Mir payment system shortly

An Iranian deputy foreign minister says Iran will shortly issue cards that would operate under the Russian Mir (Мир) payment system, enabling Russians and Iranians in the country to make electronic transfers via the system.

Iran, Russia to officially ditch dollar in bilateral trade

Iran and Russia will definitely remove the dollar from their bilateral transactions, the Iranian minister of economy has confirmed, adding that talks are underway with other countries to continue the de-dollarization process.

Iranian MP: Iran-Russia military bond changed political equations in world

The expanding military relations between Iran and Russia, especially Iran’s defense capabilities in the field of drones, have changed the political equations in the world order, an Iranian member of parliament says.

Russia mocks Ukraine intel chief over claims of Putin’s ‘body double’ in Iran visit

The Russian Embassy in Tehran pokes fun at Ukraine’s top intelligence official for claiming that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may have been replaced by a lookalike body double during his recent trip to Iran.

Aid to Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran, Russia China standing against US expansionism

An advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei defends the country’s ‘Look to the East’ policy and hails growing cooperation among Iran, Russia and China as three independent powers standing against America’s agenda of expansionism.

Iran, Russia expanding ICT ties

The Iranian minister of information and communications technology says Iran and Russia are set to take the cooperation between their knowledge-based ICT companies to a whole new level.

Putin: Russia, Iran and Turkey agree that US must leave Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he and the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution held positive talks in Tehran and they agreed that bilateral ties must expand and the two sides will cooperate at regional and international levels.

Russia’s Gazprom participates in development of Iran’s gas and oil fields

The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company has said $25 billion out of the $40 billion agreement with Russia’s Gazprom is for the development of Iran’s gas fields and the completion of the LNG project and $15 billion for the development of 6 oil fields in Iran.

Russia describes Tehran summit as “successful”

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said at a news briefing that the three-way summit between the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey in Tehran was positive and successful.

Top diplomat: Bright future ahead for Iran-Russia-China alliance

Iran’s ambassador to Moscow says the Iran-China-Russia alliance is the major coalition of the future world.

Iran and Russia to gradually ditch dollar in foreign trades

Iran and Russia have prepared the ground to do away with the dollar in their bilateral trade and cushion their economies against ‘unjust’ US-speared Western embargoes, the governor of Iran’s Central Bank says.

Iran’s central bank governor upbeat about rial-ruble trading

Iran’s move to launch trading in the Iranian rial-Russian ruble in its foreign exchange market can further bolster its economic relations with Russia and diminish other foreign currencies’ role in the Iranian market, according to the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).

Iran signs largest foreign investment MoU in its oil industry

Iran’s national oil company and Russia’s energy giant, Gazprom, have signed a major memorandum of understanding worth billions of dollars for a joint investment in oil and gas projects, despite sanctions on both countries.

Putin calls for guarantees over JCPOA revival

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with the West has to be restored with guarantees on equal rights from all parties to the deal.

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