A fleet of vessels of the Iranian Navy is scheduled to participate in Russia's Navy Day parades in Saint Petersburg on July 25.

The Russian military reported another successful test launch of a new Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile on Monday.

Russia: US, NATO ‘hasty withdrawal’ put Afghanistan at risk

Russia said on Thursday the talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal showed that the United States overvalued the impact of its “maximum pressure” campaign on the Islamic Republic.

Russia slammed the United States for remaining silent on the suspected involvement of its citizens in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise.

The Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Commission on Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs views time inconsistencies in the draft report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the alleged poisoning of blogger Alexey Navalny as proof of Germany’s link to the anti-Russian provocation, the commission’s chairman Vasily Piskarev said.

Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna said Iran’s plan to enrich uranium metal is a direct outcome of the US “maximum pressure” campaign against the country.

Moscow condemns Paris for the discriminatory remarks made by French Minister of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune on Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel on Sunday.

China vigorously denounced new sanctions imposed by the United States against dozens of Chinese and Russian companies and entities – two days after Russia slammed the US move.

‘Postman’ by Russian filmmaker Klim Tukaev won the first prize at the sixth Nespresso Talents global short film competition.

Russia’s Consul General in Isfahan Boris Burmistrov said that waiving group visas between Iran and Russia is a big step in expanding tourism and facilitating travel between the two countries, IRNA reported.

Russia recorded 752 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, up from 726 the day before, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Saturday.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry offered condolences to Russia over the crash of a passenger plane that went down in Kamchatka peninsula, killing all 28 people on board.

Moscow will take all necessary measures if its state border in the Black Sea is violated, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, commenting on a remark of British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that UK Royal Navy ships would continue entering Ukrainian territorial waters.