TEHRAN – Tehran’s ambassador to Moscow Reza Sajjadi has said Tehran and Moscow have serious disagreements over Iran’s nuclear issue.

“Our approach and Russia’s toward this issue are completely two different approaches,” Sajjadi told ISNA news agency in an interview published on Monday.
Unfortunately, Russia has made a big mistake concerning Iran’s nuclear issue because it was influenced by West’s propaganda, he noted.
Russia was made to believe that there is no peaceful purpose behind Iran’s nuclear program and that is why it has distanced itself from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s top diplomat in Moscow stated.
Sajjadi went on to say that Iran and Russia have many commonalities and it is not prudent for Russia to distance itself from Iran.
Today Iran is helping to prevent the spread of terrorism in the Caucasus region as well as smuggling drugs to Russia, the diplomat added.
Asked about the Russian president’s recent remarks that Moscow is interested to expand ties with Europe and the U.S., he said Russia is concerned about the future of its economy.
Moscow believes that if it cannot improve its economy, it will face serious security problems to the extent that Russia will disintegrate into more separate republics, Sajjadi added.
The ambassador said Russia has been infused with the idea that it has no choice to develop its economy other than reinforcing its relationship with the West