Iran to host Russian Duma team on Monday 

TEHRAN - A high-ranking delegation of Russian lawmakers is to arrive in Tehran on Monday to participate in the second session of the parliamentary cooperation committee of Iran and Russia.  

Russia to loan Iran $2.8b upon previous agreements

TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said Russia, which has already provided Iran with $2.2 billion of facilities, is going to give another $2.8 billion to fulfill a late-2015 agreement for a $5-billion loan.

Iran to export 17 domestically-made medicines to Russia

TEHRAN – Seventeen domestically-made medicines, containing high-tech drugs, will be exported to Russia, Mohsen Asadi Lari, director of international cooperation at the Ministry of Health, has announced.

Tehran, Moscow stress expansion of all-out ties

TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak met in Moscow on Thursday and stressed expansion of ties in all areas, IRNA reported.

Russia criticizes Western propagandistic campaigns against Iran nuclear deal 

TEHRAN – The Russian permanent envoy to the Vienna-based international organizations has lashed out at hue and cry created over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (commonly called the nuclear deal) by some Western media outlets, saying such moves will harm the agreement. 

Global energy market should be depoliticized: Zanganeh

TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the global energy sector should be depoliticized and politically-motivated interferences should be substituted by economic logic, multilateralism, partnership and cooperation, Shana reported.

Iran, Russia stress implementation of joint projects

TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak stressed accelerating the implementation of the two countries’ joint projects in a meeting in Moscow on Monday.

Tehran, Moscow in talks to set up Caspian Sea ferry line

TEHRAN - Tehran is in talks with Moscow over plans to establish a ferry service across the Caspian Sea that would link Iran with Russia’s Dagestan, RT reported.

Iran, Russia to establish mutual fund for technological cooperation

TEHRAN – Iran’s National Innovation Fund and Russian Venture Company (RVC) agreed to set up a mutual fund for developing IT cooperation between the two countries, ISNA reported on Sunday.

Iranian biopharmaceutical medicines treat patients in Russia, Turkey: VP

TEHRAN – Now patients in Russia, Turkey and other countries in the region are treated with biopharmaceutical medicines produced by Iranian companies, the vice president for science and technology said, Mehr reported on Wednesday.

Iranian knowledge-based companies to visit Russia

TEHRAN – A high-ranking trade and technology delegation, comprising managing directors of 70 knowledge-based companies, will travel to Russia from July 9 to 14, Mehr reported on Friday.

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We are in Iran for cooperation, not to sign memorandums: Russian official

TEHRAN-- The Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mamonov, said that Russian working groups are in Iran for cooperation not just to sign memorandums.

‘Russia prepared to help Iran for oil exports if INSTEX not realized’

TEHRAN - Russia is ready to help Iran with oil sales and its banking sector if the European trade mechanism is not launched, Interfax cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Friday.

TPO holding seminar on Iran, Russia trade capacities in food, agriculture

TEHRAN – Iranian Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) is going to hold a seminar on identifying the trade capacities of Iran and Russia in agriculture and food industry today in Tehran, the organization announced.

Iran, Russia take new steps for expansion of trade ties

TEHRAN– The 15th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee meeting and the second Iran-North Caucasus trade conference started on Sunday in Tehran, IRNA reported.

15th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee meeting kicks off today

TEHRAN– The 15th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee meeting and the second Iran-North Caucasus trade conference are due to kick off today in Tehran and Isfahan respectively, IRNA reported.

Too early to assess impact of U.S. Iran sanctions on market: Novak

TEHRAN - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak Said the impact which the U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil industry will have on the global markets is still unclear, IRNA reported

Non-oil exports to Russia up 8.5% in 10 months on year

TEHRAN- Iran’s value of non-oil exports to Russia has risen 8.5 percent during the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2018- January 20, 2019), Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s exports to Russia increase 36% in 2018

TEHRAN- Iran’s value of exports to Russia rose 36 percent in 2018, Iran’s Commercial Attaché to Russia Farhad Parand announced.

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Multipolar strategy of Iran

Mohammad Ghaderi, chief editor of the Tehran Times, says Iran and Russia can establish strategic partnership in the multipolar world.

Iran, Russia call for supporting private sectors in sanctions era

TEHRAN- Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and president of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation stressed the need for supporting the two countries’ private sectors in the sanctions era.

‘Iran, Russia can turn sanctions into opportunities’

TEHRAN- Iran and Russia can turn the sanctions led by the U.S. on both countries into some unique opportunities for the expansion of bilateral ties, IRNA reported on Friday quoting Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian.

‘Tehran, Moscow to expedite joint electricity projects’

TEHRAN- Iran and Russia agreed on expediting the joint projects in electricity sector, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced referring to the results of his tow-day visit to Russia on the head of a 10-member delegation.

Tehran, Moscow discuss expansion of transport ties

TEHRAN – Iranian Transport Minister Mohammad Eslami met with his Russian counterpart Yevgeny Dietrich on Tuesday to discuss expansion of ties, the Iranian Transport Ministry’s portal reported.

Iranian oil minister meets Russian counterpart

TEHRAN - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh visited Moscow late on Monday to hold talks with Russian counterpart, Alexander Novak, Sputnik reported.

Iran, Russia discuss further telecom co-op

TEHRAN – Iranian and Russian ministers of communication discussed ways to expand cooperation in the field of telecommunication on the sidelines of 53rd Council of Heads of Communication Administrations of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Wednesday.

‘U.S. sanctions not to impede Iran-Russia railway cooperation’

TEHRAN- Hossein Ashouri, deputy head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) announced that U.S.-led sanctions have never been influential on expansion on Iran’s railway cooperation with Russia and the country will continue to develop its collaboration with east and west railways, the portal of Iranian Transport Ministry reported.

Tehran, Moscow sign insurance MOU

TEHRAN- In a meeting between Head of the Central Insurance of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati and Russian National Reinsurance Chief Nikolay Galushin the two sides inked an insurance MOU in Tehran on Wednesday, IRNA reported.

Russia to finance €1.2b railway project in Iran

TEHRAN- The €1.2-billion project for electrification of Garmsar–Incheboron railway in Iran was officially inaugurated on Monday, IRIB reported.

Iranian, Russian oil, gas companies to hold meeting on May 8

TEHRAN – Iran and Russia’s oil and gas companies are due to gather in a meeting on May 8 to discuss future cooperation, Shana news agency reported.