‘Ceasefire in Yemen actually owes a lot to the Iranian-Saudi dialogue’

Not all Arabs want to line up against Iran: Johns Hopkins University professor

TEHRAN - A professor of Johns Hopkins University says all Arab states don’t like to align against Iran as the U.S. wishes.

Syrian FM on way to Tehran as Iran is set to host summit on Syria: report

TEHRAN – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to visit Iran on Tuesday as Tehran is set to host a conference Syria on the same day with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan within the Astana format, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported.

Russia’s Putin to meet Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran: ambassador

TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, during his visit to Tehran later this week, the Russian ambassador to Iran has said.

Putin will surely visit Iran, but exact date not yet known: Kremlin spokesman

TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin will certainly visit Iran at some point, but the exact date of this visit is yet unknown, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told TASS.

Putin tells Guterres he still has hope for negotiated agreement with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that he still hopes for negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine.

German Chancellor Scholz: "There cannot be a nuclear war"

In an interview with Der Spiegel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discusses arms deliveries to Ukraine and growing calls for Berlin to supply heavy weapons. He also talks about why he has been hesitant to act in this crisis and addresses critical questions about his party's policies toward Russia in the past.

UN chief to meet separately with Putin and Zelenskyy in peace effort

A spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres informed correspondents in a note that on Tuesday, 26 April, he will have a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and will be received by President Putin in Moscow. 

Russia-Ukraine peace talks “to resume” as Biden seeks escalation 

A source has told Russian media that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv are set to resume on Monday after the Russian president said the negotiations had effectively run into a “deadlock.”

Russia asks Europe to pay for gas export in rules or will make other decisions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian central bank, the government, and Gazprom to present proposals by March 31 for gas payments in rubles from "unfriendly countries," including all European Union states.

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to discuss neutrality in peace talks with Russia

Ukraine is ready to declare neutrality, abandon its drive to join NATO and vow to not develop nuclear weapons if Russia withdraws troops and Kyiv receives security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of peace talks in Turkey on Monday.

Macron warns against 'escalation' after Biden calls Putin 'butcher'

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Sunday against a verbal "escalation" of Russia's invasion in Ukraine.

Russia warns Western arms convoys to Ukraine are ‘legitimate targets’

Russia has said its troops could target supplies of Western weapons in Ukraine, where the Russian army has been advancing since late February, Al Jazeera reported.

By Professor Mahmood Monshipouri

The choices that built and impaired the post-war order

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has occurred at a time when there is a global consensus regarding Ukraine’s sovereignty and that the freedom to choose its alliances must be unconditionally preserved. 

Iran urges all sides in the Ukraine conflict to show restraint

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic is closely monitoring developments in Ukraine and asked all the conflicting sides to shows “restraint” and avoid any move that would intensify tensions.

Iran and Russia seek to topple the petrodollar’s dominance: National Interest 

TEHRAN - In a commentary on February 4, The National Interest said Iran and Russia, as two countries subject to U.S. sanctions, are seeking to undermine the petrodollar’s dominance in global finance and trade.

Russia, Iran prepare contacts at highest level, Kremlin says

TEHRAN - Moscow and Tehran are preparing contacts at the highest level, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

20-year cooperation agreement with Russia at final stage, Iran says

TEHRAN - The Foreign Ministry said late on Saturday that striking a 20-year cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia is at its final stage.

Russian tourists eager to visit Iran: expert

TEHRAN – Many Russian tourists are eager to travel to Iran, an Iranian travel expert said on Monday, recounting his Russian counterparts.

Putin, Erdogan discuss Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep concern about the persisting conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh as well as the rising presence of foreign terrorists in the clashes in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart.  

Iranian and Russian presidents call ties ‘strategic’

Rouhani, Putin talk on phone, seek speedy implementation of Tehran-Moscow agreements

TEHRAN – In a phone conversation late on Tuesday President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Tehran-Moscow ties “strategic” and called a speedy implementation of the agreements between the two immediate neighbors.

Russia won't immediately raise oil output after Iran waivers end

Russia will not immediately raise oil output after the United States ends sanctions waivers for buyers of Iranian crude in May, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.