TEHRAN, February 6 - The body of Russian pilot whose jet was downed by terrorists in Syria's Idlib is recovered and returned to Russia, Russian Defense Ministry said.
TEHRAN, February 6 - President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and Russian President Vladimir Putin have expressed the opposition of their respective countries to the presence of foreign forces in Syria without the consent of the Syrian government and nation.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Russia has ordered its warplanes in Syria to fly higher to avoid being shot down by shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles after one of its jets was downed at the weekend, the Izvestia daily reported on Monday.
TEHRAN, February 5 - High-ranking officials from Iran, Russia, Iraq, and Syria held talks about a range of security issues in Baghdad and stressed the need to boost cooperation between the four countries in the fight against the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) and other terrorist groups.
TEHRAN, February 5 - It impossible to revise or amend the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Tehran's nuclear program, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Russia’s Izvestiya newspaper.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Russia still has counter measures it can take against the United States in a tit-for-tat sanctions battle, but is keeping its powder dry for now, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Izvestia newspaper in an interview published on Monday.
TEHRAN, February 4 - Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan are in talks to build Astara-Moscow railway, said Abbas Nazari, Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways' Foreign Affairs Department.
TEHRAN, February 4 - Russia has confirmed that its Su-25 fighter jet has been shot down in a militant-held area in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, with its pilot killed in fighting after the incident.
TEHRAN, February 3 - United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has rejected criticism of the world body’s participation at Syrian peace talks in the Russian resort city of Sochi, praising the outcome of the discussions.
TEHRAN, February 3 - Iranian Petroleum Engineering and Development Company CEO Nouroddin Shahnazi-Zadeh said the company is still in talks with a consortium made of an Iranian and a Russian company for development of Azar Oil Field.
TEHRAN, February 3 - Washington uses the alleged Russian threat as a pretext for its nuclear build-up, while the real purpose behind the new hawkish nuclear strategy is to pump money into the military complex, the Russian ambassador to the US told RT.
TEHRAN, February 2 - Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a travel warning to its citizens traveling abroad, saying the United States is on the hunt for Russian travelers around the globe to have them arrested and extradited to the country.
TEHRAN, February 1 - An Iranian nuclear official said a team of Russian specialists will visit the Fordow enrichment facility on Sunday as part of a project on stable isotopes.
TEHRAN, February 1 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned it has "grave concerns" over the accuracy of a secret memo by Congress alleging bias against US President Donald Trump within the Department of Justice.
TEHRAN, February 1 - Special Adviser on International Affairs to the Iranian Parliament speaker Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran-Moscow cooperation has had a strong influence in fighting with terrorism.
TEHRAN, February 1 - Moscow said evidence presented by the United States alleging that Iran had supplied missiles to Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters is not conclusive, stressing there is no case for any UN action against Tehran.
TEHRAN, February 1 - On September 2, the US authorities closed down Russia’s Consulate General in San Francisco, trade mission in Washington and its New York branch, which Russia had been leasing.
TEHRAN, February 1 - US President Donald Trump asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein where the Russia investigation was headed and whether the Justice Department official was playing on the same team, a move that US media reported.