There is a point where Iran, Russia and China see eye to eye in holding the manoeuvre, and that is sending a message to their common adversary or rival, namely the United States. The US, in some ways, has applied a triple containment policy toward China, Russia and Iran. This would be enough to unite these three countries on some fronts.
Senior security officials from a number of countries have converged in Tehran where they underlined the necessity of countering common security challenges.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi rejects allegations that Russia has halted its work at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility due to US sanctions, saying the cooperation has been stopped because of technical problem.
Members of the Iranian delegation to the Syria peace talks, known as the Astana Process, have held separate meetings with the participating delegations in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan.
Iran’s energy minister says the country has already received a $2.2-billion loan from Russia and the remaining $2.8 billion would be paid to Iran in the next month.
Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Oleg Ryazantsev has held talks with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholam-Hossein Dehqani in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi says maintaining the interests of the Islamic Republic is more important than preserving an agreement.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has sat down with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi is going to visit Russia to take part in the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference 2019.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the Astana format have issued a statement on the latest efforts to restore peace to Syria.
The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey – the three guarantor states of the Astana Process – plan to hold a meeting in Geneva on the eve of the inaugural session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC).
Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ryabkov on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Moscow.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate telephone conversations with the Foreign Ministers of Iraq, Russia and Syria on the latest developments in the region, particularly over the situation in northern Syria.
A high-ranking Russian delegation has met with Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior assistant to Iran's Foreign Minister in special political affairs and Iran’s senior negotiator in Yemen and Syria talks.
