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Senior advisor to Zarif; Mehdi Sanaei

reporter 1222 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 13:57:46 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif appointed Mehdi Sanaei as his senior advisor, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Mehdi Sanaei has been appointed as a senior advisor to Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Sanaei was Iran’s former ambassador to the Russian Federation.

He was a lawmaker at Iran’s Islamic Parliament from 2008 to 2013. During his tenure in the Parliament, he was deputy to Foreign Policy Committee in the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission (NSFPC).

Late last year, Mehdi Sanaei as Iran’s envoy to Russia, who was ending his tenure in the country, Novak expressed content that in the past six years, good efforts have been done to improve common and regional relations between Tehran and Moscow.

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Tehran, Moscow study boosting economic ties

reporter 1222 — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 07:30:05 +0000

During the meeting held in Moscow, the two sides explored the avenues for broadening the scale of the cooperation between Iranian and Russian companies based on a roadmap focusing on industrial and mining sectors.

The officials also discussed collaboration in other fields, including the auto, railroad and airplane manufacturing sectors, as well as issues on the joint cooperation commission which is slated to be held in June.

The US’ withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was also discussed during the meeting. Reportedly, since Washington pulled out of the deal last year, the cooperation between Iran and Russia has increased.

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Iran-Russia’s $500mn trade ties can hike due to potentials: envoy

reporter 1222 — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:31:07 +0000

Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Sanaei, said Iran and Russia’s economic relations have hit $500 million worth of trade, saying the level could be raised even higher given the two countries’ vast potentials.

Sanaei made the remark in a national conference on multilateralism in Iran’s foreign policy on Sunday.

“Unfortunately, the previous round of sanctions left an adverse impact on the economic ties between Iran and Russia, to the point where our banking and trade ties were nearly paralyzed,” the Iranian ambassador noted.

He went on to add, however, that “currently, we are making efforts to revitalize our economic relations, and we believe that the new round of US sanctions will not have a serious impact on the two countries’ relations.”

He said Russians have not abandoned any serious project in their interactions with Iran.

“Russia is our partner, and I don’t think the positions of any country in the region are as close to Iran as those of Russia,” Sanaei said. “I also think that the Russians have the same opinion that Iran’s positions in the international and regional arenas are the closet to them, although the two countries have their own particular views on certain issues.”

Sanaei further noted that in the past five years, Iranian and Russian presidents had met and held talks for some 16 times, and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif had visited Russia and held talks with the country’s officials for over 20 times in the same period.

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Sanaei hails Iran-Russia banking relations

reporter 1222 — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:00:53 +0000

Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei hailed the good banking relations between Iran and Russia, saying the necessary conditions have been made for further expansion of ties between the two sides.

Sanaei’s comments came following a meeting between an Iranian delegation headed by Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati and a Russian delegation headed by President Vladimir Putin.

The meeting held in Moscow on Thursday aimed at delivering Iran’s message to Putin about the country’s position toward the JCPOA after the US pullout from the agreement and reinstatement of sanctions.

The Iranian envoy, who also attended the meeting of Velayati and Putin earlier today, said consultations are taking place at all levels and sectors between the two countries, adding “in the fields of trade and economy, we have made good progress, such as the good banking relations that have formed between the two sides, and a number of customs documents have been signed.”

Sanaei maintained that while the volume of transactions has increased, the desired point has not yet been reached; “we are hoping to reach the ideal point, particularly in Iran’s exports to Russia, with participation from various private and public sectors,” he added.

Speaking to IRIB on Thursday after his meeting with President Putin, Ali Akbar Velayati said that Russia has voiced readiness to invest up to $50 billion in Iran’s oil sector.

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