Iran-Russia Relations

The state railroad company Russian Railways says its project to electrify an Iranian railway is completely civilian and not subject to US sanctions.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi reiterated Tehran’s policy of providing support for Damascus in the fight against terrorism and said the Islamic Republic’s advisory mission in Syria will continue as long as the Arab country’s government wants it.

The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) trade bloc plans to hold talks with Iran over a free trade zone.

Iran, Turkey and Russia – the guarantor states of the observance of Syria’s ceasefire regime – have issued a joint statement after two days of trilateral talks in the Kazakh capital Astana.

Iran, Turkey and Russia – the guarantor states of Syria ceasefire – have held trilateral meetings in the Kazakh capital Astana.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is giving diplomacy a second chance after the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, and other parties to the JCPOA must seize this opportunity.

The Iranian delegation to Astana Talks on Syria has held talks with Russian and Syrian delegations on the latest developments in the war-torn Arab country.

The Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of Russian Academy of Sciences, who recently travelled to Iran to visit 31st Tehran International Book Fair, says she was surprised by the huge number of enthusiastic people visiting the exhibition.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will head to China, Russia, and Belgium later this week to hold talks with other parties to the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, also known as JCPOA.

In the latest round of bilateral consultations among Iran and the JCPOA parties, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov travelled to Tehran on Thursday to meet Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi.

Iranian Science Minister Mansour Gholami has called for greater cooperation among Caspian Sea states to tackle its environmental issues as they develop into existential threats to the numerous and diverse ecosystems of the sea.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Turkey’s top diplomat Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Russian capital of Moscow on Saturday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will leave Tehran for Moscow on Saturday to attend a fresh round of talks on ways to end the Syria crisis.

Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), says the adoption of a common strategy by Tehran, Beijing and Moscow to deal with US actions is inevitable.

Two Iranian airlines have signed separate Memorandums of Understanding with Russia’s major aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi to purchase 40 Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger planes.

Iran’s Minister of Education Mohammad Bat’haei says the country is prepared to add Russian to the language learning curriculum of Iranian schools if Persian language is offered to pupils in the Russian Federation as well.

Iran has unveiled three rugs woven by highly-skilled Iranian artists to be gifted to Team Melli’s Group Stage rivals at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the US was dismayed at not being present in the Astana Talks on Syria, and thus launched the recent strikes to divide Iran, Russia and Turkey, the guarantor states of a ceasefire in the war-torn state.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the airstrikes by the US and its Western allies against Syria once again proved Washington has direct ties with terrorists in Syria.

Iran’s top security official and Russian president’s special envoy have discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the US threat to interfere in Syria and the recent Israeli attack on a Syrian airport.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called the relations between Tehran and Moscow ‘strategic’, adding the relations should continue relentlessly until security and stability is fully restored to Syria and the whole region.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says cooperation between Tehran and Moscow will be developed to implement major national and provincial projects.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sat for talks with a group of academics and researchers from Russia’s Valdai Discussion Club in Tehran.

Iran’s envoy to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has called for a dialogue-based solution to the dispute between Russia and the West over an alleged nerve gas attack in the UK, saying western countries would do well not to politicize the issue.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the results of ongoing Syria Peace Talks, in separate meetings with his Turkish and Russian counterparts in Ankara.