Iran-Russia Relations

Tehran is discussing the possibility of Russian gas supplies with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.

In a telephone conversation, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, reviewed the latest regional developments and stressed the need for resolving issues in the South Caucasus region through direct dialogue between Iran and Russia.

The Kremlin announced on Tuesday that the Russian and Iranian presidents held a telephone conversation on Tuesday at the initiative of the Iranian side. Vladimir Putin and Ebrahim Raisi have discussed the steps to ensure Tehran's joining full-fledged BRICS activities as well as the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and the normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.

The Iranian narrative of the war with Iraq seeks to highlight the role of the US, Germany and Britain in supporting the now-defunct Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein during its war with Iran, but tends to overlook the former Soviet Union’s mega-scale aid to the former Iraqi dictator, an Iranian daily wrote.

The US air force commander in the Middle East has warned of “burgeoning” military relations between Iran and Russia, saying shared drone technology was a particular concern.

Iranian Defense Minister General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has said defense and military cooperation between the country and Russia have always been supported by the leaders of the two sides with the aim of strengthening stability and security in the region and beyond.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian met with visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Iranian capital Tehran earlier on Wednesday to discuss expansion of cooperation in the face of common threats posed by foreign forces, according to media reports.

Russia’s largest lender Sber is offering a new service that allows its clients to transfer money to Iran, the bank announced on Thursday.

A former Iranian diplomat says Russia might boost its efforts amid its spat with the West to stonewall resurrection of Iran’s nuclear deal, JCPOA.

Images have been posted on the cyberspace suggesting the Russian-made Yak-30 combat-training aircraft has been imported into the country and joined the Air Force.

Iran and Russia have signed a five-year cooperation agreement on the standardization of products traded between the two countries, in particular non-industrial goods and halal products, the Iranian Embassy in Russia has announced.

Moscow's military ties with Tehran will not succumb to geopolitical pressure, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, following reports that the United States has asked Iran to stop selling combat drones to Russia “for use in the Ukraine war.”

Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari says Tehran has reached new defense agreements with Moscow, hailing the ever-growing military ties between the two countries.

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army's Ground Forces General Oleg Salyukov told his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari that Moscow regards Tehran as one of the key countries in West Asia and a strategic partner.

Head of Russia’s Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Igor Shumakov has stated that Moscow is ready to work with Tehran to monitor the decreasing water levels of the Caspian Sea.

Presidents of Iran and Russia, Ebrahim Raisi and Vladimir Putin talked about the ways to enhance cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in various fields, specifically in energy and trade.

An Iranian news outlet affiliated with the country’s Supreme National Security Council has rejected a claim by the British newspaper Financial Times on the alleged use By Russia of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.

Tehran is ready to ink a deal with Moscow on mutual visa waivers, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said in an interview with the Izvestia daily.

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.