The Russian embassy in the United Kingdom slammed anti-Russia rhetoric by UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, saying that his statements are aimed at justifying expansion of NATO states’ defense budgets. Earlier in the week, Williamson, in his address at the Atlantic Council, accused Moscow of aggression, cyber attacks and the political sabotage, Sputnik reported. “An […]

Deputies of Iranian and Russian foreign ministries met and held talks on the latest developments in the region and across the globe, and conferred on ways to counter terrorism. The meeting was held on Friday in Moscow between Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Gholamhossein Dehghani, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Syromolotov […]

The Kremlin on Thursday vowed to retaliate against “unacceptable” new US sanctions against Russia over its alleged role in a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain, which prompted the ruble and Russian stocks to tumble. The action by the US State Department is the latest salvo in a series of disputes between […]

Iran’s OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said on Monday that the rise in Russia’s oil output runs contrary to global agreement for reduction of oil production and will endanger the long-term unity among oil producers.Criticizing Saudi Arabia and Russia for the oversupply, the official said the countries violated the global agreement on trimming the production, […]

A Russian political scientist believes that strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia and the joint need for expansion of ties will rule out any chance Russia accept US bargain on Iran. “Iran is Russia’s strategic partner in the region and the two countries are having cooperation in diverse areas,” said well-known Russian political scientist Sergey […]

Three guarantor nations for the Syrian ceasefire (Russia, Iran and Turkey) will meet in Sochi today to discuss Syria. Representatives of the guarantor nations for the Syrian ceasefire (Russia, Iran and Turkey) will meet in Sochi today to discuss issues regarding the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee, the situation in de-escalation zones, as well […]

 Russia’s military said it had shot down two unidentified drones that attacked its Syrian airbase at Hmeimim military airport Saturday and Sunday, Russian agencies reported. The attacks caused no casualties or damage and the Hmeimim military airport is operating as normal, Interfax said. In January, Russia said that its troops had successfully repelled multiple drone […]

The next round of a summit between the presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey is slated to be held in Tehran in late summer, the Russian ambassador to Turkey announced. “As far as I know, agreements have been made on holding the tripartite summit,” Alexei Yerkhov was quoted as saying by Russia’s TASS news agency. […]

Chairman of Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said Thu. that the meeting of interparliamentary commission of Iran and Russia will be held in southwest Russian city of Volgograd on 2-3 September. The first interparliamentary meeting of the high-level commission of Russia and Iran will be held in Volgograd 2-3 September, TASS quoted Chairman of Russian State […]

Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Jagarian described US sanctions against the Islamic Republic as “totally illegal”, vowing that Moscow will continue its ties with Tehran in all fields. “Iran is not a country you can push,” he said in an interview with Russia’s Kommersant daily, adding that exerting pressure on Iran is entirely unconstructive and […]