TEHRAN – In a joint statement at the conclusion of the 7th round of Syria peace talks in Astana, Iran, Russia, and Turkey reaffirmed commitment to settling the crisis in Syria with political processes, emphasizing the need for the conflicting parties to take confidence building measures. Delegations from Iran, Russia and Turkey -the guarantors of […]

TEHRAN– Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected Afghan president’s allegations about Russia’s support for Taliban and called the remarks unacceptable. “We have taken note of reports in some Afghan media of statements regarding Russia’s ‘support’ for the Taliban movement by President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai during his recent trip […]

TEHRAN – The Russian government on Saturday said there’s no hidden agenda nor political conditionality behind its donation of military weaponry and equipment to the Philippines. “We Russians, we have no hidden agenda. If we extend our help to you, we are doing that sincerely. We have no hidden agenda and political conditionality’s,” ABS-CBN quoted […]

TEHRAN – Iranian and Russian defense ministers explored avenues for the enhancement of military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in the fight against terrorism and extremism. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu talked about the latest regional and international developments and the […]

Russia has blasted the United States for denying entry to a Russian military delegation scheduled to attend a joint briefing with Chinese officials at the United Nations about America’s deployment of missile systems across the world. Alexander Emelianov, from the Russian Defense Ministry’s international cooperation committee, said Thursday that Moscow wanted to send a delegation to […]

TEHRAN – Iranian national football team’s coach Carlos Queiroz says that the match against Russia can help them gain more experience. Russia will host Iran on Tuesday in Kazan. The 2018 World Cup host defeated South Korea 4-2 on Saturday in a friendly. “I saw Russia and South Korea match and I have to say […]

TEHRAN- According to the portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), the Iranian private body will dispatch its trade delegation to Astrakhan, Russia on October 23, 2017. The delegation, to be led by the Iranian Head of Iran-Russia Chamber of Commerce Assadollah Asgar-Oladi, plans to attend the 16th meeting of the […]

TEHRAN – Ashkan Dejagah will not be playing against Russia football team on Tuesday because of tight injury. Dejagah had already missed Iran’s friendly match with Togo on Thursday due to the injury. Iran defeated Togo 2-0 and will face 2018 World Cup host Russia on Tuesday in Kazan. Dejagah, who is without a team […]

TEHRAN  – Russia will complete the creation of a network of the Voronez early warning radars by 2019, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Space Forces, Col. Gen. Alexander Golovko, told reporters on Wednesday. “Work continues to create new radars of the missile attack warning system in the Republic of Komi and the Murmansk Region,” the […]

TEHRAN – The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russia’s energy giant Lukoil have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of geological prospecting, an oil industry source said. “At the beginning of the visit of Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh to Russia, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the National Iranian […]