Contents tagged with Iran

  • McFaul has predicted a 'clash' between Russia and the US over Iran

    After the recent election of Donald Trump as the next US president, Moscow and Washington may have disagreements on the Iranian nuclear program, according to former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul.

    “The first clash will be over Iran as Trump has promised that he will eliminate the six-party agreement,” he said in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel.

    McFaul also suggested that Moscow may soon become disappointed with the newly elected American president. “I do not rule out that this …

  • Russia and Iran are in talks over arms deal worth $10 billion

    Iran is interested in buying Russian weapons including-90 tanks, artillery systems, aircraft and helicopters. The deal is expected to be worth around 10 billion dollars. This has been reported by several Russian news agencies with a reference to the chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Council of Federation of the Russian Federation, Victor Ozerov.

    “These negotiations are underway. We have a base for it, the portfolio is worth around 10 billion dollars,”  said Ozerov after a …

  • Medvedev: The delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran isn’t contrary to good relations between Russia and Israel

    The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, stated that the delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran by Russia aren’t contrary to good relations between Russia and Israel. Russia isn’t interested in aggravating tensions and thus acts within current realities.

    ”No, they aren’t contrary. We have warm relations with Israel and intend to further develop them. For this, I’m going to Israel,” Medvedev stated in his interview with Israeli Channel 2, in response to the question of …

  • U.S. National Security Council demands that Russia and Iran cease supporting Syrian government

    The U.S. National Security Council has demanded that Russia and Iran cease supporting the Syrian government due to its use of chemical weapons, according to a White House press release.

    Referencing the results of a year-long investigation by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, in which it was determined that the Syrian government used industrial chlorine as a weapon against its own people in 2014 and 201 …

  • Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran

    The director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, Alexander Fomin, stated that Russia has completed the contract on the supply of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran, RIA Novosti reported. “All the complexes have been delivered,” Fomin said without specifying the number of these complexes.

    In 2007, Iran and Russia signed a contract for the supply of S-300 missile systems to Iran. However, the contract was suspended due to a UN Security …

  • Iran is developing analogue to Russian S-300 air defense system

    The Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, built in Iran, is superior to the original in its specifications and performance as was stated by the commander of Iran's Air Defense Forces, Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, Tasnim News Agency reports.

    According to him, the Bavar-373 missile system, which is a version of the S-300, can destroy targets at a distance that is 1.5 times greater than the S-300, which can locate a target at a distance of 300 km and knock it down at a distance of 200 …

  • A representative from Iranian travel agency says Crimea will replace Turkey as destination for Iranian vacationers

    At the Open Crimea forum in Yalta, representatives from the travel company BuranPars, which serves Iranian tourists, stated that the Crimean peninsula is a promising travel destination and will replace Turkey for Iranian tourists, RIA Novosti reports.

    “Iranians love to travel and explore new destinations. Turkey will be gradually replaced for Iranian tourists. I think the Crimea is the best alternative for this. Next season, we plan to open a Crimean tour from Iran. In Turkey, some people just …

  • Iran and Russia begin construction of new reactor at Bushehr nuclear plant

    Near the city of Bushehr in southern Iran, on Saturday, 10 September, the work on the construction of a second reactor at the country’s only nuclear power plant began. The construction of two additional reactors being built with Russia’s assistance which have a capacity of about a thousand megawatts each and are worth more than 8.5 billion U.S. dollars, should be completed within the next ten years. The start of construction for a third reactor is planned for 2018.

    The first Vice President of …

  • Russia and Iran to build new nuclear reactors on Iranian territory

    On the 10th of September 2016, Iran and Russia will begin the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the existing Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, as stated by the Iranian Vice President, the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, on Thursday, September 1, 2016. The construction will continue for ten years. The cost of the project with the participation of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation will be about $10 billion. These power units will help Iran save 22 …

  • Iran's S-300 missile systems from Russia have been placed near Fordow nuclear facility

    The S-300 surface-to-air missile systems bought by Iran from Russia have been placed in near the nuclear facility in Fordow.

    The surface-to-air missile systems, stationed near the plant, were shown on a TV program. In the comments, the current commander of the Iranian Air Defense Base, Farzad Esmaili, said that the nuclear facility will always be protected now.

    The night before, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, said that the United States tried to prevent Iran …