Tasnim Konstantin Kosachev, the head of Russias upper house Committee for International Relations, rejected claims by US officials that Irans recent successful launch of a military satellite into the orbit violated UN Security Council resolutions. No UN Security Council resolution bans Iran from launching satellites,Kosachev told reporters on Wednesday....

TASS - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold the next summit in the Astana format in the Islamic Republic, Irans Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said on Tuesday at the meeting with Chairman of the Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev. "Several days ago, Presidents Rouhani ...

TASS - The killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani by US forces is an attempt to jumpstart US President Donald Trump election campaign, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev stated on Saturday on Rossiya-24 TV channel. "To my ...

Tasnim Russia, France, and Germany called on Tehran and London to de-escalate tensions after Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) captured a British oil tanker for breaching international maritime law while crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The Russian Federation Council's International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev said, ...

TASS - Irans official notification of suspending some of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) can be regarded as a diplomatic demarche, not as a pullout from the nuclear deal, Chairman of the Russian Federation Councils (upper house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said on Wednesday. However,...

TASS - Head of the Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev stressed that Russias sole objective was preserving the agreement, and Moscow called on its partners to do that Russia will do the best it can to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Chairman of the Russian Federation Council (upper house) ...

TASS - Head of the Russia's Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said the two countries are intensively fostering ties in virtually all areas Heavy Western pressure on Russia and Iran will not be able to hamper Russian-Iranian cooperation, Head of the Russia's Federation Council (upper house) Foreign Affairs Committee ...

TASS- A senior Russian lawmaker has called on the United Nations to condemn the United States support to the anti-government riots in Iran as a flagrant interference into domestic affairs of a foreign state. "When the US president promises the insurgents great support from the United States at the appropriate time, I think it is a no less important ...

TASS- On Sunday, Irans parliament supported the bill on additional $520 million for the ballistic missiles program and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Head of the Federation Councils international affairs committee Konstantin Kosachev says the decision to increase financing of the missile program, adopted by the Iranian parliament,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Russia rules out any new formal international coalitions in Syria without appropriate UN Security Council resolutions or a request of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian parliament's upper house, said. Russia launched airstrikes against terrorist groups ...