Iran welcomes Russian investment in oil sector: Zanganeh

TEHRAN- Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said his country welcomes the Russian companies’ investment making in its oil sector, Shana reported.

TCCIMA to host online business forum with Russia’s Samara, Saratov next month

TEHRAN - Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is going to hold an online business forum with the private sector representatives of the Russian cities of Samara and Saratov on December 1, to explore ways of expanding trade between the two sides.

TCCIMA to hold online Iran-Russia business forum on Tuesday

TEHRAN - Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is going to hold an Iran-Russia business forum via video conference on Tuesday (November 10), the portal of TCCIMA announced.

Tehran, Russia’s Samara explore ways of expanding trade ties

TEHRAN - Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) hosted an online business forum with the private sector representatives of the Russian Samara region to explore ways of expanding trade between the two sides.

Russian deputy defense minister calls Iran ‘partner and ally’

TEHRAN - Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin has described Iran as a “friend, partner and ally”.

TCCIMA to hold online Iran-Russia business forum in late-Sep.

TEHRAN- Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is going to hold an Iran-Russia business forum via video conference on September 21, the portal of TCCIMA announced.

Iran, Russia to hold Joint Economic Committee meeting in Sept.

TEHRAN- In a meeting between Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali and Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Tikhonov, the two sides agreed on holding the 16th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee online or face to face in September, IRNA reported.

Iran, Russia to enhance cooperation in fight against coronavirus

TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Albertovich Murashko discussed ways to enhance cooperation in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

Tehran to host seminar on trade with Russia in early March

TEHRAN - Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is going to hold a seminar on trade with Russia with the aim of familiarizing Iranian businessmen with procedures of the Russian customs.

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.

By Setareh Behroozi

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.

By Damir Nazarov

Multipolar strategy of Iran

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