The preparation for a new international treaty on strategic partnership between Moscow and Tehran continues, and the sides reaffirm their interest in signing this document, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing Thursday.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in a televised interview that Tehran would maintain its relations with countries while pursuing its “Look to Asia” policy, but hastened to add that the Islamic Republic “will never allow Russia or China to think that they are our only choices.”
Sergei Lavrov the Russian Foreign Minister says Moscow never develops any doubts about the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and that it respects and will respect them completely.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani says that Tehran has formally protested to Moscow about its recent joint statement with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) regarding three Iranian islands.
A group of former Iranian diplomats have warned the government of President Ebrahim Raisi against sticking to what they describe as a “one-sided” look-to-the-East policy and anti-West approach, saying an unbalanced foreign policy agenda will harm the interests of the country.
The Iranian Parliament Speaker cautions Russia not to promote a Western agenda to destabilize the Persian Gulf region, Moscow joined voice with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council to question Iranian sovereignty over three islands in the region.
Iran’s Embassy in Brussels has rejected claims made against Tehran in the final communique of the summit of NATO heads of state and government in Lithuania.
An Iranian daily lashes out the government for what it describes as failure to show a befitting reaction to Russia’s “back-stabbing,” after Moscow supported a territorial claim by the United Arab Emirates to the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
A senior advisor to Iran’s leader has said it was naïve of Russia to fall into the trap of the GCC regarding the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa, which are an integral part of Iran.
An Iranian lawmaker says Russia made a mistake in signing a statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that questioned Iran’s sovereignty on the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa in the Persian Gulf.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Alexey Dedov, following the issuance of a joint statement by Russia and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that supported the United Arab Emirates’ claims to three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf.
A former Iranian lawmaker has lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for “playing with Iran’s national interests” by supporting Arab governments’ claims to three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
NATO allies have urged Iran to stop what they called supplying drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war. Moscow and Tehran have repeatedly refuted claims about Iranian drone supplies and their use in Ukraine.
All the "evidence" of the alleged use of Iranian drones in Ukraine is laughable, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday.
Moscow rejects attempts to deny Iran the right to peacefully run its nuclear power generation program under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has said.
The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Russia’s presidential aide have called for the speedy implementation of the cooperation agreements reached between the two countries in various economic and financial fields amid efforts to strengthen bilateral collaboration.
The commander of the Iranian Police Force says Iran and Russia are set to bolster cooperation in safeguarding sensitive state sites and fighting terrorism and drug trafficking.
Iran's police chief Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia's National Guard on expansion of military and security collaboration between Tehran and Moscow. Radan inked the deal with Russia’s National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov on the second day of his visit to Moscow on Wednesday.
The Russian Defense Ministry says the country’s military chief on Wednesday held a telephone conversation with Chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff General Bagheri following the recent "mutiny" in Russia.
A Russian missile carrier called Makhach Kala (Mahach Qaleh) has docked at Iran’s northern port city of Bandar Anzali off the Caspian Sea after entering the fourth region of the Iranian Navy in Gilan Province.
The political deputy of the Iranian presidency says President Ebrahim Raisi has held separate telephone conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, voicing Tehran's support for the Kremlin in the recent mutiny.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi who expressed support for the actions of the Russian leadership in connection with recent events involving the Wagner Group private military company, the Kremlin announced.
The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, has voiced confidence that Russia would pass through the current situation in parts of the country.