The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced its readiness to sign a “grand interstate agreement” with Tehran. The Russian defense department reported this after a telephone conversation between the defense ministers of the two countries – Sergei Shoigu and Mohammad Ashtiani.
According to the Russian side, the heads of the Ministry of Defense discussed military-technical cooperation and regional security issues. “The parties emphasized their commitment to the fundamental principles of Russian-Iranian relations, including unconditional respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the statement reads. message.
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Iran is one of the few countries that continues contacts with Moscow amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. Western countries accuse Tehran of supplying the Russian army with weapons that are used for attacks on Ukrainian territory. Russia and Iran deny all accusations.
At the same time, Russia is considered the largest investor in the Iranian economy. According to the Iranian Ministry of Economy, last year the volume of foreign investment amounted to more than four billion dollars. Of these, two thirds occurred in Russia.
- At the end of last year, the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran, at a meeting in Moscow, signed a declaration on means to counter and compensate for the negative consequences of sanctions.
- Iran has been under international sanctions for more than 40 years, since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
- Until February last year, Tehran led the world in the number of individuals and companies affected by restrictions. According to Castellum.AI analysts, by February 22, 2022, there were introduced more than 3,600 sanctions, against Russia – almost 2,700.
- After the attack on Ukraine, Russia became the world leader in restrictions. From February 2022 to October 2023, 15,200 sanctions were imposed against Russia, and just over a thousand against Iran.
2024-01-15 15:49:47
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