TEHRAN- India will start export of container cargo to Russia via Iran from January 2018, S. Kumar, the commissioner of Indian Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), announced. The official said this shipment will be done as India moves forward to operationalize international corridor INSTC, India Today reported. The move, he said, would cut down cargo […]

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani hails Iran and Russia’s successful fight against terrorists in the region, saying the two nations are at the forefront of counter-terror battles unlike other coalitions, which have taken no practical measures to eradicate terrorism. “Iran and Russia are at the frontline of the war on terror, while others only talk about it,” […]

TEHRAN – Foreign ministers of the Caspian littoral states will hold a meeting in Moscow on December 4-5 to discuss the sea’s legal status and other issues, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will be held for the seventh time,” said […]

TEHRAN – Levan Dzhagaryan, Moscow’s ambassador to Tehran, says that defeat of Daesh in Syria and Iraq sent a “positive image” of Iran to the world and proved that the Islamic republic is against terrorism. “Iran was highly criticized (and we know by which countries inside and outside the region) for supporting terrorism. Iran, as […]

TEHRAN–The United States on Nov. 29 expressed its objections to Ankara’s gas pipeline project with Russia, the Turkish Stream. According to Hurriyet Daily, John McCarrick, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources, stated that the US opposed to multiple Turkish Stream gas pipeline projects planned by Russia to […]

TEHRAN – Signing a peace treaty between Russia and Japan requires understanding and trust among the people of both countries, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. “For signing a peace treaty between our countries, there is the need to have understanding and trust among our peoples,” Abe said. Speaking on the possible joint […]

TEHRAN – Russia launched a second rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome in the Far East on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to ease dependence on Baikonur in Kazakhstan. Marking another milestone after the inaugural liftoff last year, the Soyuz rocket carrying a weather satellite and other equipment took off at 2:41pm local time (0541 GMT), […]

The Syrian National Dialogue Congress will be convened after experts agree on its participants, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. “There is a stable consensus that the Congress will be convened soon, this will happen after an intense work at the expert level on agreeing on the list of participants of this Congress,” […]

The first Russian S-400 missile system is planned to be delivered to Turkey in 2019, Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said. Speaking to the parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee, Canikli said the agreement for the procurement of the missile system was signed and two S-400 systems, with one being optional, would be procured as part […]

Energy scholar at the Middle East Institute, Rauf Mammadov believe Global economy will benefit from economic integration of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan in the important region located on crossroads of China’s One Road, One Belt Policy. Tripartite meeting of the Iran, Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan’s leaders was held in Tehran on Nov 2. […]