Moscow

Leader receives President Raeisi

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi on Sunday.

Lavrov:

Moscow supporting revival of JCPOA, removal of all sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Criticizing the violation of international laws by the Westerners, the Russian Foreign Minister says Moscow supports the revival of the nuclear agreement and the removal of all sanctions imposed on Iran.

In NPT review conference:

Russia stresses need for JCPOA’s implementation

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – In the NPT review meeting, Russia emphasized the necessity of resuming the full implementation of the Iranian nuclear deal known as the JCPOA at the earliest.

Eight killed in fire at hostel in south of Moscow

TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – At least eight people were killed in a fire at a hostel at the Alma-Atinskaya street in the south of Moscow.

Moscow reacts to seizure of Russian ship in Turkiye

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a press conference on Monday stated that Kremlin has no information about the detention of a Russian grain ship in Turkiye.

Russia quits several Council of Europe agreements

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree to terminate Russia’s participation in a number of agreements within the Council of Europe framework.

Bagheri , Russian counterpart discuss JCPOA in Moscow

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani has attended a meeting with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister in Moscow and exchanged views on the current situation around the JCPOA talks.

Moscow expels eight Greek diplomats: report

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Russia declared eight Greek diplomats "personae non gratae" and gave them eight days to leave the country, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday.

Russia to supply Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday told his counterpart from Belarus that Moscow would supply Minsk with missile systems capable of carrying nuclear weapons, the Russian foreign ministry said.

Russia not to join Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Russia will not join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

Fire breaks out at Moscow office building, 2 injured (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) – A fire broke out at the Grand Setun Plaza business centre in western Moscow, Russia's emergency ministry said on Friday.

Russia holds nuclear forces drill in NE Moscow

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – According to Russian Defense Ministry, Russia's nuclear forces are holding drills in the Ivanovo province, northeast of Moscow.

Russia expels five Croatian diplomats from Moscow

TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Croatian envoy in Moscow on Friday, expressed a strong protest to him and declared five employees of Croatian embassy in Moscow personae non gratae in response to steps taken earlier by Zagreb.

Moscow expels 5 Portuguese diplomats in tit-for-tat move

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was expelling five Portuguese diplomats in response to Lisbon ordering out 10 Russians last month.

Ukraine, Russia peace negotiations suspended

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Russian and Ukrainian officials have said that negotiations on a solution to the ongoing war have been suspended as the process is mired in a stalemate.

UN chief tells Lavrov Ukraine ceasefire needed ASAP

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – In a meeting with the Russian Foreign Miniter on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General called for creating conditions for effective dialogue and a ceasefire in Ukraine as soon as possible.

NATO in proxy war with Moscow: Lavrov

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that the conflict in Ukraine risked escalating into a third world war and that NATO was “in essence” engaged in a proxy war with Moscow by supplying Kyiv with weapons.

Russia says 1 dead, 27 missing after Moskva Cruiser sunk

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Russia confirmed Friday that one crew member died and 27 were missing after the Moskva missile cruiser sank last week.

Europe will not last a week without Russian gas

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, stated that Europe would not last a week without Russian gas.

Russia expels Bulgarian diplomats in retaliation

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Russia is expelling a number of Bulgarian diplomats in response to the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats from Sofia last month, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Iran-Russia trade planned to exceed $10 b within next 2 yrs

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – The negotiations between the Iranian trade delegation with the Russian government official and directors of big Russian companies ended on the fourth day of a trade conference in Moscow on Sunday.

Kremlin spox.:

Moscow poised to offer support to Minsk if Belarus attacked

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Russia remains ready to provide the required support to Belarus in case of an attack on it, and Moscow will view such actions as aggression against itself, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

FM Amir-Abdollahian:

Iran explicitly condemns war anywhere in world

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Upon his arrival in the Russian capital of Moscow, the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran explicitly condemns war in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen and anywhere else in the world.

Khatibzadeh on Vienna talks:

Agreement to be reached as soon as US makes decision

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that as soon as the US makes necessary decisions, the nuclear deal would be reached.

Shell fired from Ukraine destroys Russian border facility

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Moscow said Monday that a shell fired from Ukraine had destroyed a border facility used by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), amid Western concerns about an escalation in fighting in east Ukraine

Russian envoy to UN:

Ukraine 'flooded' with US, NATO weapons, advisers

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Ukraine has been “flooded” with weapons from the United States and NATO, as well as “countless” advisers from Western countries, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement on its website.

Pres. Raeisi:

All Muslims must be vigilant against danger of takfirism

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Referring to the dangers of extremists to Islam, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran told the Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia that all Muslims must be vigilant against the danger of the takfirism.