Tasnim An American academic and political analyst said the US is confronted with Russias military resurgence and Chinas economic might and is seeking to contain the two superpowers rise via sanctions and trade war. The US is confronted with a new alignment of forces, the military resurgence of Russia and the economic might of China, that it has ...

Press TV - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he believes the foreign-sponsored terrorism in Syria has come to an end, and that the need to promote the long-lasting settlement of crisis both in the war-ravaged Arab country and the entire Middle East region is highly required. The war in Syria has really come to an end. The country is gradually ...

MNA Moscow previously warned that the US was jeopardizing global security by withdrawing from strategic accords or refusing to extend them, as the world is left without a single document regulating the sphere of nuclear armaments. According to Sputnik, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated on Thursday that there is arisk ...

Tasnim Irans Embassy in Moscow advised Iranian citizens to refrain from traveling to Russias northern and southern regions, where the authorities are concerned about illegal border crossings. The embassy issued a statement after a number of Iranian nationals encountered problems upon arrival in some Russian airports. The statement warns Iranian ...

Press TV - Russia has submitted to the United Nations a proposal that calls for collective security in the Persian Gulf at a time of rising tensions in the strategic region. In two identical letters addressed to the UN Security Council and the General Assembly and obtained by Russias TASS news agency on Tuesday, Moscow underlined the need for an ...

Press TV - Russia says tensions with Iran have made the prospect of large-scale conflict real, calling on world countries to support a Russian security doctrine of zero extra-regional military presence in the Middle East to prevent such a scenario. Speaking at a BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister ...

IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov said that no progress has been made in setting a date for the meeting of the joint commission on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). "Moscow supports the idea of holding the meeting as soon as possible," Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday night. He added ...

Press TV - Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the hostile policy being pursued by the United States against Iran has fueled tensions in the Middle East, warning that such an approach could have catastrophic consequences in the region. In an interview with the Russian Argumenty i Fakty weekly published on Wednesday, Lavrov said the current ...

Tasnim � French President Emmanuel Macron said he would speak to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump this week as part of a French initiative to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington.

Tasnim Russia is concerned over plans by Iran to increase the level of its uranium enrichment, and will pursue diplomatic efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday. The situation is of course concerning, Peskov told journalists, according to the Tass news agency. Russia ...

MNA We welcome Russias plan for starting negotiations between Iran and Arab countries since we believe more talks would be beneficial, a member of the Iranian Parliaments Supreme National Security Council said on Saturday. Referring to the recent Russian foreign ministers remarks about the agreement with the general secretary of Organization of ...

Tasnim Russias foreign ministry condemned the UK for seizing an Iran-operated supertanker off the coast of Gibraltar, saying that the move is a deliberate step to worsen the situation around Iran and Syria. We condemn the seizure of a supertanker flying the Panamanian flag committed on July (4) by the Gibraltar authorities who were backed by UK ...

CNBC - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh believes unilateralism among some OPEC members could ultimately lead to the death of the Middle East-dominated producer group. OPEC is set to debate an extension of oil production cuts when it meets on Monday, before getting the deal endorsed by non-members such as Russia on Tuesday. Russian President ...

MNA "In accordance with international law, the US must immediately return to the implementation of all obligations under the JCPOA and the UN Security Council Resolution 2231," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday. "Russia fully understands that Tehrans actions are of a forced, sporadic, and, most importantly, reversible ...

MNA Russia told the United States on Tuesday that it should drop what it called provocative plans to deploy more troops to the Middle East or risk war with Iran. Following an announcement from Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan who said on Monday that Washington planned to send around 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for defensive ...

CBS News - Russia has accused the Trump administration of a "provocation" for its decision to send about 1,000 more U.S. troops to the Middle East amid soaring tension with Iran. Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced the troop surge on Monday -- the latest in a tit-for-tat escalation with Iran following attacks on two tankers ...

IRNA The new terrorist policies of the US have been targeting the national sovereignty and identity of the countries, Iran's Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said at the Global Security Forum in Ufa, Russia on Tuesday. "Today, the nature, the form and the technique of security threats have changed and unfortunately novel ...

IRNA Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani arrived in Ufa, Russia on Tuesday morning to attend the Global Security Forum. Ali Shamkhani, Iran's Secretary of Supreme National Security Council, will participate in the forum upon an official invitation of his Russian counterpart Nikolay Patrushev. At the forum, national security,...

Sputnik - Moscow warns against hasty conclusions and attempts to blame Iran for the incident in the Gulf of Oman, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. "I would use this opportunity to warn against hasty conclusions, any attempts to lay the blame on those who are unwanted by a number of well-known states", Ryabkov told reporters after ...

MNA A Russian diplomat has said that Moscow is in talks with Europeans to be included in the EU's proposed trade mechanism aimed at facilitating business with Iran in the face of US sanctions. The Russian Permanent Representative to the European Union V told Interfax news agency that Russia is holding talks with European countries on being included ...