The Armenian and Russian foreign ministries held political consultations on April 11 in Yerevan on partnership in the Asia-Pacific region, cooperation with Iran, and cooperation in multilateral platforms in the Asia-Pacific. Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan and Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan represented the Armenian side, while Deputy Foreign Minister …
Read More »Russia: US Used 300 Tons of Depleted Uranium during Invasion of Iraq
The US used “no less than 300 tons of depleted uranium” during the early years of the Iraq war, the commander of the Russian army’s Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces said. “In 2003-2004, the USA extensively used such munitions in strikes on targets in Iraqi cities: Amarah, Baghdad, Basra, …
Read More »Russia, China favor soonest resumption of Iran nuclear deal
Russia and China believe that the nuclear deal with Iran should be restored as soon as possible, the two nations said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “The sides reaffirm the importance of soonest resumption of full and effective implementation of the Agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and UN …
Read More »Iran, Russia stress cooperation in combating terrorism
The first deputy of the Iranian Judiciary head Mohammad Mosaddegh Kahnamooei in a meeting with the Russian Chief Justice called for expanding Tehran-Moscow cooperation in the field of combating terrorism. Saying that Tehran-Moscow judicial cooperation should not be limited to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iran’s Mosaddegh told Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev, …
Read More »Amir-Abdollahian: Tehran warns all states against Zionists presense in Caucasus
The Islamic Republic of Iran warns all states to act intelligently towards the behavior of the fake Israeli regime and not to allow Zionists to set their feet in the Caucasus region, Iran Foreign Minister underlined. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut …
Read More »Russian MFA: Russia, Turkey wait for Syria-Iran reply on proposed meeting
Russia and Turkey would like to hold a four-party meeting at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Moscow next week, but so far there has been no response from Syria and Iran, said Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. “We have already invited everyone, but have not yet received confirmations …
Read More »Ulyanov: West lacks political will to negotiate Iran nuclear deal
“Iran, Russia, and China have the political will to negotiate the revival of the JCPOA, while the West lacks it,” Russia’s permanent envoy to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov says. “The only thing needed for the ‘revival’ of the [Iran] nuclear deal at this stage is for all participants …
Read More »Russia Wagner claims took control of Yagodnoye near Bakhmut
The Yagodnoye community to the north of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine) has been completely taken over by Russian forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private military company said on Saturday. “On February 25, the assault units of the Wagner PMC completely captured the populated locality of Yagodnoye …
Read More »Russia Turns Into Largest Foreign Investor in Iran
Russia has turned into the largest foreign investor in Iran as the country has attracted a significant amount of foreign investment over the past 15 months despite US sanctions that ban countries and entities from engaging in business activity in Iran, a deputy Iranian finance minister announced. “The Russians had …
Read More »Russia: Risk of Clash With U.S. ‘High’
Russia’s ambassador to the United States on Friday compared the state of U.S.-Russia relations to an “ice age”, and said that the risk of a clash between the two countries was “high”, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported. TASS cited Anatoly Antonov as saying that it was hard to say …
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