Iran’s ambassador to Russia says the upcoming visit by President Ebrahim Raisi to Moscow will be a “turning point” in bilateral relations with Russia and will lay out the roadmap for the future cooperation between the two countries.
Moscow’s ambassador to Tehran says the value of trade between Iran and Russia reached 3.6 billion dollars in 2021, up by 87 percent compared to last year, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Referring to Washington’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Russia’s representative in Vienna talks says the decision to pull out from the landmark agreement was like shooting in one of the US legs.
Russia’s senior negotiator to the Vienna talks aimed at lifting US sanctions against Iran has lauded a recent agreement reached between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the installation of new surveillance cameras at an Iranian site.
Russia says comments by its envoy to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Olyanov regarding centrifuges at Iran’s nuclear facilities were mistranslated into Farsi by Radio Farda, a Persian speaking media outlet run by the US.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has always stressed that all anti-Iran sanctions which are illegal and contrary to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and UN Security Council Resolution 2231 must be removed.
In an in interview with Iranian news website Entehab, a former diplomat of the Islamic Republic has answered questions as to how far Russia and China will go to support Tehran in the Vienna talks.
There is no alternative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran’s nuclear program, and proposals for other options are making it harder to salvage the deal, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
US Embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years must leave Russia by 31 January 2022, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
A top Russian diplomat has criticized the United States for threats to confront Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Mikhail Ulyanov says Washington has forgotten that Iranians don't do anything under pressure.
The Iranian foreign minister has said Iran and Russia should set their cooperation in Syria as a model for joint fight against terrorism and mutual economic work.
Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, in a phone talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, said Tehran is quite serious in the upcoming Vienna talks with the P4+1 group of countries.
Moscow will proceed military-technical cooperation with Tehran, strictly abiding by international law and the legislation of both nations, the director general of a Russian state arms exporter has announced.
The security chiefs of Iran and Russia have underscored the two countries joint fight against terrorism. They called it constructive and a necessary step to establish and maintain peace and stability in the region.
Russia’s permanent envoy to the international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov says the only solution to the stalemate over the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, is the resumption of the Vienna talks.
The Iranian foreign minister describe Tehran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency as constructive, saying Iran will continue its technical cooperation with the Agency.
