Japanese Prime Minister, who is en route to Moscow for summit talks with Russian President, is leaning toward accepting a postwar peace treaty between the two countries if two of the Russian-controlled four islands claimed by Japan are handed over, Japanese government sources said. Shinzo Abe, hoping to reach a broad agreement on the peace […]

Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the upcoming Astana meeting on crisis in Syria would be held in the second half of February. Russian Interfax News Agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin as saying on Friday that the upcoming Astana meeting would be held approximately in the second half of next month, adding that […]

 Iran won the silver medal of team overall category at 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Combined Championships, in Russia. The overall results of the Iranian ice climbers in the event led to the team’s finishing second after Russia. Iran was represented by Mohsen Beheshti Rad, Mohammadreza Safdarian Korouyeh, Shabnam Asadi, and Zeinabkobra Moosavi. Also, in […]

 Iran, Russia and India held a trilateral meeting in Moscow on Sunday discussing the threats facing the modern world and obstacles on the path to develop cooperation between the neighboring and regional states. The two-day trilateral event, held on Saturday and Sunday, was organized by the Russkiy Mir Foundation in Moscow, where the participants discussed […]

Moscow is interested in continuing cooperation with Iran, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday. “Iran is our longtime economic partner… Of course, we need to find (new) forms (of cooperation) and work together further by implementing joint projects,” Novak said at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow.

 The Russian Foreign Ministry has recently announced that 12 countries, including Iran, Pakistan, India and China, have been invited to participate in September in a Moscow summit, but the United States and the Afghan government have stated they will not attend. On the other hand, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid announced that the representatives of the […]

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Jabhat al-Nusra terror organization and groups affiliated to it are holding over two million people in Idleb hostage and preventing them from leaving. He said that members of the “White Helmets” have transported two toxic gas containers in Idleb province, not to mention that there […]

 Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei and Russia’s Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Alexey Volin met and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the Information Technology domain. The meeting was held in Russia on Wednesday. The two officials discussed various issues including the results of former Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications’ […]

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 […]

 Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution who is in Russia for an official visit, has shrugged off the concurrent trip to Russia by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying “nobody cares” about the Netanyahu’s “baseless and illogical remarks”. “He (Netanyahu) is an itinerant person who travels to somewhere […]