TEHRAN, May 08 - Tehran’s decision to row back on some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers is a diplomatic demarche, a senior Russian lawmaker said.
TEHRAN, May 07 -U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the southern Russian city of Sochi on May 14, the RIA news agency cited a source in Russia’s foreign ministry as saying on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, May 06 - The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, says lightning led to the emergency landing.
TEHRAN, May 06 - Russia sees no reason to ground its domestically-produced Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft despite one of the planes bursting into flames during a crash-landing and killing 41 people, the country’s transport minister said on Monday.
TEHRAN, May 06 - Russia has vowed to expand cooperation with Iran, including in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy, despite US threats of sanctions.
TEHRAN, May 06 - At least 40 people, including two teenagers, have died after a large fire broke out on a Russian passenger plane, after it made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Sunday.
TEHRAN, May 05 - Turkey has hinted that it may send in military forces to the Syrian border region of Tel Rifaat despite an agreement with Russia to stay clear of the area.
TEHRAN, May 05 -US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence in North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and forging a “deal” with Pyongyang as well as “great relationship” with Russia after a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart and despite the North’s latest test firing of missiles.
TEHRAN, May 05 - Russia wants to strengthen cooperation with Iran, including in the nuclear sphere, despite the threat of US extraterritorial sanctions, according to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
TEHRAN, May 04 - Chinese and Russian navies conducted a nine-hour-long joint anti-submarine drill in the Yellow Sea in east China on Friday during China-Russia "Joint Sea-2019" military exercise.
TEHRAN, May 04 -Russia has denounced a recent meeting of tribes in Syria, organized by US-backed Kurdish militants, saying Washington is using the Kurds to split the Arab country and continue its illegal military presence there.
TEHRAN, May 04 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, in Moscow on Sunday, Interfax reported on Saturday, citing the Russian foreign ministry.
TEHRAN, May 04 - Russia is in favor of creating a drug-free world based on strict and full compliance with the conventions on narcotic drugs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a ministerial meeting of the parties to the Memorandum of Understanding on Sub-Regional Drug Control Cooperation.
TEHRAN, May 03 -US President Donald Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over an hour, discussing the possibility of a new nuclear accord, North Korean denuclearization, Ukraine and the political situation in Venezuela, according to the White House.
TEHRAN, May 03 -The chief executive of Russia’s state-owned hi-tech industrial development conglomerate, Rostec Corporation, says his country is “ready to cooperate” to sell Turkey Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets in case Ankara is excluded from the F-35 fighter jet program with the United States.
TEHRAN, May 02 -Russia’s military says during the past month it has repelled 12 drone and rocket attacks by terrorists based in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib against a Russian airbase and Syrian positions in Latakia.
TEHRAN, Apr 30 - Russia praises Iran’s “patience” in fulfilling its commitments under a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement following Washington’s much-criticized exit from the landmark deal, saying Tehran’s “responsible approach” merits respect.
TEHRAN, Apr 30 -US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who stirred tensions in Washington by appointing Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, has announced his departure.
TEHRAN, Apr 29 -Iranian and Russian military forces will stage a rare naval drill in the Persian Gulf later this year, the commander of Iran’s Navy has announced.