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In Search of Support Points: Iran in Central Asia

Russia and Iran in the region: allies or rivals? Iran occupies an important place in Central Asia’s system of political and economic relations. It may not boast impressive resources such as those of Central Asian countries’ leading partners (China,...

18.11.2014

Suspension, cancellation of sanctions against Iran must suit all participants

MUSCAT, November 11. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov believes that the pattern of suspension and eventual cancellation of sanctions against Iran must suit all participants in the negotiations over the Iranian nuclear program. “The sanctions and their future, the outlook for lifting them, remain almost the central issue at these negotiations,” Ryabkov told the media. “As ...

12.11.2014

Russia and Iran: Mutually Beneficial Partnership or "Friendship Against"?

November 24, 2014 marks the deadline for the talks on the Comprehensive Agreement on Iranian Nuclear Program. Removal of sanctions against Tehran would mean intensified competition for Iran's market and its growing regional clout. Will Russia be able to build a qualitatively new relationship with its southern neighbor? On November 24,...

12.11.2014

Iran's Nuclear Program: Will 2014 Become a Make-or-Break Year?

Interview with Vladimir Sazhin On October 15, 2014, a trilateral meeting was held between US Secretary of State John Kerry, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. As organized between the six-nation group of powers and Iran, a historic comprehensive agreement will be signed on November 24, 2014 that will put an end to the controversy surrounding the Iranian nuclear ...

30.10.2014

Russia — Iran Scientific and Technical Cooperation: Is There Any?

Current Affairs Must Know Assessing the real status of Iranian science is an extremely challenging job, because the country’s achievements are a significant part of the country's state ideology . Scientific feats are seen by Tehran as a response to the West, which has sanctioned its fuel and energy ...

28.10.2014

BRICS and Washington's social pivot to India

... shipping lanes from Singapore to the Horn of Africa. If anything, Modi inherits the legacy of positive relations with Washington established by his mentor, Vajpayee, who did campaign for his victory. www.veooz.com Charm Offensive won’t stop China-Iran cooperation Through Washington’s eyes India’s strategic location makes it a candidate to counterpoise the growing military relationship between Beijing and Tehran, particularly naval exercises in the strategic Indian Ocean shipping lanes....

02.10.2014

Summit of heads of Caspian region states in Astrakhan

... and to extract oil on the “sovereign” shelf without worrying about the consequences for this inland water space, which is extremely sensitive to chemical pollution. Kazakhstan was inclined to divide only the shelf. Russia, Turkmenia and Iran originally called for joint use of the shelf and the whole sea. A division of the Caspian shelf in the way that Azerbaijan seeks is not just connected with the oil factor. None of the other issues associated with the exploitation of this sea requires ...

30.09.2014

Russia and Iran Interested in Contacts between Foreign Policy Experts

On September 22, 2014, RIAC Director General and Director of the Center for Energy and Security Studies Anton Khlopkov visited Iran's Embassy in Moscow to meet Ambassador Mehdi Sanai. The sides focused on joint Russian-Iranian expert meetings for building direct links between foreign policy specialists of the two countries. According to Ambassador Sanai, due to shortage of information ...

23.09.2014

The ISIS Crisis and the faiblesse of global governance

... of losing search engine optimization, and content marketing value associated with the “Cold War” brand. The view from Tehran The view from Tehran says that “ISIS” is a US-led attempt to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran. But the question that analysts aren’t discussing publicly is whether Iran, through proxy organizations has been supportive of the “IS” brand. What major power has not, indirectly, had contact with some ISIS-linked group, via ...

11.09.2014

A Meeting of Two Ministers: Protocol or a Vigorous Start?

Interview with Anton Khlopkov On August 29, 2014, Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Javad Zarif will pay an official visit to Russia, during which he will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. It is anticipated that the ministers will discuss Iran's nuclear program, bilateral cooperation, and ...

29.08.2014
 

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