Iran-Russia Relations

Iran's oil minister has spoken of the Islamic Republic’s contract with Russia to export 3 million barrels of crude oil to that country.

An Iranian nuclear official says a team of Russian specialists will visit the Fordow enrichment facility on Sunday as part of a project on stable isotopes.

Top negotiators of Iran, Russia, and Turkey have held a trilateral meeting in the Russian city of Sochi to prepare the grounds for the Syrian National Dialogue Congress.

Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has held talks with Alexander Lavrentiev, the Russian president's special envoy for Syria.

Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in political affairs, has held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who is also Vladimir Putin's especial envoy for the Middle East.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to visit the Russian and Belgian capitals on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Russian and Turkish foreign ministries have separately condemned attempts by certain foreign countries to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs amid the recent developments in the Islamic Republic.

Iran says four of its banks have signed an agreement with the Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR) to provide “unlimited funds” for development projects to be carried out by domestic and international contractors in the Islamic Republic. 

Iran has held a special exhibition of Persian handicrafts in Kazan, the capital and largest city of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Caspian Sea littoral countries have reached a consensus on the bulk of the sea’s long-awaited legal regime and have agreed to ban all foreign military forces from entering the sea.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will take part in the upcoming ministerial meeting of five Caspian Sea littoral states (Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan), due to be held in Moscow on December 4-5.

Iranian First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri says enhanced interaction between Iran and member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can play a leading role in strengthening regional and international peace and stability.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Top judiciary officials from Iran and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the prosecutor general offices of the two countries.

Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri is slated to pay an official visit to Russia to attend a meeting of prosecutors general of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (the SCO).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey have decided to meet each other once in every 15 days or a month.

Iran and Russia have agreed to launch a joint project to produce medicines with the aim of promoting bilateral relations in medical and healthcare fields.

Iranian foreign minister says real fight against terrorism, like what the Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkey, and Russia are engaged in, does not at all need any empty words or gimmicks.

The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey have discussed ways of ensuring lasting peace and security in Syria in a trilateral meeting in Sochi.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has landed in the Russian city of Sochi to attend a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts on the ongoing conflict in Syria and other regional developments.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for efforts to diversify partnership between Tehran and Moscow, saying enhanced relations between the two countries would benefit security and stability in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari has held talks with several Russian officials on the latest regional developments in Moscow.

Heads of several states and other high-ranking officials from all around the globe have sent messages of condolences to Iran over the Sunday night’s deadly quake which has so far killed over 380 people and wounded nearly 6,000.

Iranian Minister of Economy, Masoud Karbasian, says the trade volume between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia has witnessed a 70-percent growth over the past year.

A journalist says Russia and China’s support for Iran comes at the expense of Tehran’s trade and industrial development.