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 […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif posted a message on his Twitter page recounting his meetings in Beijing and Moscow as good and substantial. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on a three-stop tour for exchanging views with the other signatory states of the JCPOA than US after the unilateral withdrawal of US […]

Germany’s head of domestic intelligence said on Wednesday there was a “high likelihood” that the Russian government was behind a cyber attack on German computer networks, although he conceded it was difficult to be 100-percent certain. Hans-Georg Maassen told reporters that German authorities carefully monitored the attack after it was discovered in December, and it […]

 Moscow says expulsion of Russian diplomats by London on baseless allegations is an ‘Unacceptable, Unjustified’ Move. The Russian Embassy in London called the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats announced by UK Prime Minister Theresa May over the poisoning of former intelligence officer Sergei Skripal “unacceptable, short-sighted and unjustified.” In a statement, the Embassy confirmed that […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Masoud Karbasian met with Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin on Monday to discuss further expansion of mutual economic cooperation, Shada news agency reported. The Iranian minister emphasized developing economic ties between the two countries’ provinces especially those adjacent to Caspian Sea, as a strategic approach to increase […]

TEHRAN – Teetovak and Barane Zagros, two theater troupes from Iran, will mix William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” with the Zar rite, commonplace in southern Iran, for a performance in Moscow. “Macbeth Zar” will be staged by director Ebrahim Poshtkuhi at GITIS – the Russian Institute of Theater Arts on March 27, which is World Theatre Day, […]

A fire at Moscow’s Cosmos hotel prompted an evacuation of over 200 people. The emergency seems to be low-level, affecting only a small part of the building and has already been contained by first responders. The emergency services said 230 people have been evacuated from the hotel after the fire broke out, RIA Novosti reported. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, before a trip to Brussels for a meeting with European diplomats on JCPOA. Heading a delegation, Mr. Zarif flied to Moscow Wednesday morning, as part of the regular ministerial consultations with Russia, particularly about the JCPOA. […]

TEHRAN – Turkey and Russia have signed an accord on a loan deal for Moscow to supply Ankara with S-400 surface-to-air missiles on Dec. 29 finalizing a deal the two countries have been working on for more than a year. The signing of the deal was announced by Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) on […]