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Iran becomes full-fledged member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The Islamic Republic of Iran changed its observer status to full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); the respective document was signed on Wednesday evening.

14:15 15.09.2022

Russia and Iran join forces for judicial cooperation

Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev and First Deputy Head of Iran’s Judiciary Mohammad Mosaddeq have reached an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance with the digital transformation of the legal systems of both countries.

12:44 18.08.2022

Putin approves ratification of protocol on foreign trade zone between EAEU and Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law on the ratification of a protocol to the Temporary Agreement on the Free Trade Area between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran.

13:27 14.07.2022

Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen to be extended – Moskalkova

The Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen has great possibilities for provision of assistance to people and will be extended, according to the Russian human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.

16:37 16.09.2019

Mongolia, Iran and Turkey wish to join Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen

Mongolia, Iran and Turkey have stated their willingness to join Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen as co-founders.

11:24 06.09.2017

Russia slips in Transparency International's 2014 corruption index

Russia has fallen nine places for the past year to 136th out of 175 countries in Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a ranking of public sector corruption.

07:01 03.12.2014

IRISL affiliates appeal against order stripping them of the Astrakhan port

Companies affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) have appealed against the court order stripping them of their control over the port of Astrakhan.

18:40 23.07.2014

UK quashes sanctions over Iranian banks alleged nuclear program ties

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Wednesday set aside a direction and quashed an order that had given effect to sanctions imposed against a major Iranian bank on the basis of its alleged connections with Iran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, based on the majority’s finding that the measures were wholly disproportionate, having been based on an arbitrary and irrational distinction.

19:18 20.06.2013

US introduces currency sanctions against Iran

The United States has introduced additional sanctions against Iran designed to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, the White House has announced on Tuesday.

12:21 04.06.2013

Russia seeks to settle S-300 suit with Iran out of court

Russia has little chance of winning the lawsuit filed by Iran over failure to supply S-300 air defense systems, says Russian Technologies (Rostec) CEO Sergei Chemezov.

10:23 31.05.2013

Total SA agrees to pay US $398 million to settle Iranian bribery charges

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that French oil and gas company Total SA had agreed to pay more than $398 million to settle charges filed by the SEC and a parallel criminal matter initiated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) based on claims that it had made illegal payments to an Iranian official through intermediaries in order to obtain valuable oil and gas concessions.

22:33 29.05.2013

Argentina and Iran to investigate AMIA bombing

The Argentinean parliament has ratified the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran on January 27 to undertake a joint investigation into the Jewish community center explosion in Buenos Aires in 1994.

12:49 28.02.2013

Former chief of Iran's Central Bank detained with $70 million check in Germany

The Iranian man who was detained with a $70 million check on his arrival at Dusseldorf airport from Turkey last week turned out to be former Chief of Iran's Central Bank Tahmasb Mazaheri.

10:03 04.02.2013

S-300 missile supply claim "standard procedure" - Iran's Foreign Ministry

Iran's claim against a state-run Russian company over an S-300 missile supply contract is nothing more than a standard contractual procedure, says Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast

14:48 24.07.2012

Russia hesitant about Iran's botched missile contract legal action

Russia does not deny Iran's right to take legal action but believes it is not the best way to resolve problems in the two nations' bilateral relations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Friday

17:48 20.07.2012