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On June 19, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council held the roundtable "Russia-Iran Relations in the Context of Current Global and Regional Problems" timed to the visit of Dr. Hadi Suleimanpur , Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran at Head of International Training and Research Center at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Russian ...
RIAC's team of experts has prepared an analysis of current Russian-Iranian relations in order to identify factors which facilitate collaboration, to highlight reasons that might constrain or impede bilateral relations, and to assess prospects for future cooperation. There are good reasons today for the choice of subject ...
... mechanism for imposing a moratorium on catching sturgeon. According to official statements, the negotiations only made headway on environmental issues (such as conserving the sturgeon population). In addition, the “Caspian Five” (Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan) reaffirmed the principle of Caspian states’ non-interference in regional affairs. As far as I can gather, no progress has been achieved on the main problem, i.e. agreeing spheres of influence. And ...
VIENNA (Tasnim) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov voiced his country's willingness to learn from Iran's experience in dealing with Western sanctions against Moscow over its alleged involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Sergei Ryabkov is heading the Russian team of negotiators in the new round of the nuclear talks between Iran and six world ...
... then there is its military-political significance, as Caspian waters sweep the shores of Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The coastlines of littoral states vary in length, with that of Kazakhstan reaching 2,320 km, Turkmenistan – 1,200 km, Iran – 900 km, Azerbaijan – 85 km, and Russia – 700 km. But the Caspian coast is also uneven, with some sources putting the Russian part at 1,460 km and Iran’s at 720 km. Dr. Sazhin, how would you describe the agreements reached ...
Relations within the Iran-United States-Saudi Arabia triangle The civil war in Iraq is raging on – local Sunnis have risen up against the Shiite authorities. The causes of the uprising lie in the Sunni elite’s resentment of its position in the country and in ...
... attacks against the community has meant that Shia Muslims have been made to feel vulnerable and fearful; a situation which has only been accentuated by politicians’ insistence to link Shia Islam with the Houthis and beyond, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Houthis, who are Zaidi Muslims (a small sect of Shia Islam) is a political faction organized under the leadership of Sheikh Abdel-Malek Al Houthi, and have always made clear that while they belong to Shia Islam, their political views are however ...
On April 25, 2014 Russian International Affairs Council received a delegation of the Institute of Iran Eurasian Studies (IRAS). The two sides signed a bilateral cooperation agreement for joint projects implementation aimed at assisting strengthening of Russia-Iran relations and cooperation in tackling regional and global problems, conducting joint ...
Working Paper #14 This working paper was prepared as part of the Russian International Affairs Council’s (RIAC) project Modern Russian–Iranian Relations. These two nations have great potential for bilateral cooperation, but that potential has not yet been fully realized. Incipient progress in negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme and a prospective easing of the sanctions against ...
... sanctions across different areas of cooperation and through different actors. Since his second and last term in office ends in January 2017, we can assume that the cooling down policy would continue for at least the next three years. Sanctions and the Iranian nuclear dossier The matter of settling the Iranian nuclear problem within the framework of the P5+1 and Iran is no less important for the White House’s domestic policy positions. In November 2013, Tehran and the so-called P5+1 (United States,...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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