The Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived Wednesday in Moscow to discuss the nuclear deal and various issues, describing the relation between the two sides as a strategic partnership. Zarif told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Iran’s actions did not violate the original terms of the nuclear agreement ...
Russia on Wednesday said it stood by the Iran nuclear deal and denounced US pressure that led to Tehran to suspend some of its commitments under the agreement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin remained committed to the agreement and that there were no alternatives “at the moment” ...