Argentina says it has asked Russia to arrest and extradite former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, citing his alleged role in a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires. Velayati, who is now a top aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Imam Ali Khamenei, was visiting Moscow on Thursday for a meeting ...
Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced plans for investment of up to $50 billion in Iran’s oil and gas sector, Iran’s special envoy Ali Akbar Velayati said, adding that Russian firms could replace the western oil companies that have left the Islamic Republic. Speaking to IRIB after a meeting with ...