[🇮🇷] Friendship between Iran and Russia

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Iran denies reports of missile transfer to Russia

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A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander denied reports that Iran was transferring missiles to Russia, Iranian media said on Monday, amid concern in the West that they could be deployed in the war in Ukraine.

CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing unidentified sources, that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia.

Brigadier Fazlollah Nozari, deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters, was quoted by the Iranian Labour News Agency as saying: "No missile was sent to Russia and this claim is a kind of psychological warfare."

"Iran does not support any of the parties to the Ukraine-Russia conflict," Nozari said.

The European Union, by contrast, on Monday described the information in the media reports as credible.

"We are aware of the credible information provided by allies on the delivery of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia," EU foreign affairs spokesperson Peter Stano said in an email.

"We are looking further into it with our Member States and if confirmed, this delivery would represent a substantive material escalation in Iran's support for Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine," he said.

EU leaders had previously said they would "respond swiftly and in coordination with international partners, including with new and significant restrictive measures against Iran" to such a step, Stano added.

"I cannot confirm the reports that the transfer has happened," White House spokesperson John Kirby said in Washington. Such a scenario would have a deleterious effects on both Ukraine and the Middle East, he added.

Asked about the reports on Monday, the Kremlin said that Iran is Russia's partner and that the two countries were developing dialogue in all areas.

Ukraine said last week that deepening military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow was a threat to Ukraine, Europe and the Middle East, and called on the international community to increase pressure on Iran and Russia.

Any Iranian transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia would mark a sharp escalation in the Ukraine war, the United States said on Friday.

That language was echoed on Monday by a NATO spokesperson, who said the Western military alliance was aware of the media reports but would not be drawn on whether they were accurate.

"As Allies have stated previously, any transfer of ballistic missiles and related technology by Iran to Russia would represent a substantial escalation," the spokesperson said.

Tehran and Moscow have drawn closer since Russia ordered tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, with Iran supplying its Shahed drones to Russia's military.​

 

[Lulldapull]

There is opposition within the Irani gubment on preventing further arms transfers to Russia. Millions of Uki's are dead guys. It's a serious matter. Iranian drones have messed up UKi infrastructure beyond repair.

The main issue here is that Iran makes the Fateh-110 for like a $100k a pop, whilst an Iskunder round is well over $1.3 million and a Kaliber is $6 million each.

Iran can turn the tide in Ukraine rather easily, considering both types are just as accurate on CEP.

 

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Russian parliament passes Iran partnership treaty

Russia’s lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ratify a treaty to deepen political, military and economic ties with Iran, as Moscow moves closer to its key ally....

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Russian parliament passes Iran partnership treaty
Agence France-Presse . Moscow, Russia 08 April, 2025, 18:10

The national flag of Iran. | Collected photo

Russia’s lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ratify a treaty to deepen political, military and economic ties with Iran, as Moscow moves closer to its key ally.

Tuesday’s vote comes with high tensions between Iran and the West and as Russia pushes a rapprochement with Washington despite its offensive on Ukraine.

Amid deepening military cooperation over the last three years, Iran has been accused by Kyiv and the West of supplying weapons, including self-detonating ‘Shahed’ drones to Russia for its campaign against Ukraine.

In the treaty, the sides agreed to help each other counter common ‘security threats’, but it stops short of a mutual defence pact like the one signed between Russia and North Korea last year.

‘The signing of the treaty does not mean the establishment of a military alliance with Iran or mutual military assistance,’ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said in an address to the State Duma.

Instead the treaty states that if either side is subjected to aggression, the other will not provide ‘assistance to the aggressor’.

The comprehensive strategic partnership deal was signed by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian in January, with votes in Moscow’s rubber-stamp parliament necessary before it can come into force.

Putin at the time called it a ‘breakthrough document’, while Pezeshkian said it would ‘open a new chapter in relations between Iran and Russia in all fields’.

Moscow has urged caution over escalating tensions between the Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump appeared to threaten to bomb Iran if it did not come to the table for talks on limiting its nuclear programme.

Trump said that direct talks with Iran would take place this Saturday on the issue.

Russia has forged closer ties with several of the West’s adversaries -- including North Korea and China -- since launching its offensive on Ukraine.

Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty last year with Pyongyang that outlines possible mutual military assistance in case of an attack and cooperation in the face of Western sanctions.​

 

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Iran’s foreign minister to head to Moscow, discuss US nuclear talks

Iran’s foreign minister is to visit ally Russia this week to discuss nuclear negotiations with the United States, ahead of a new round of talks between the foes planned for Rome....

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Iran’s foreign minister to head to Moscow, discuss US nuclear talks
Agence France-Presse . Tehran, Iran 14 April, 2025, 20:49

This handout picture provided by Khabar Online on April 12, 2025, shows Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (2nd-L) speaking with members of the Iranian delegation after a meeting in Muscat. | AFP photo

Iran’s foreign minister is to visit ally Russia this week to discuss nuclear negotiations with the United States, ahead of a new round of talks between the foes planned for Rome.

On Saturday, Abbas Araghchi held talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman, the highest-level negotiations since the collapse of a 2015 nuclear accord.

US President Donald Trump, who withdrew from the accord, has thrown Iran back into the spotlight since his return to the White House in January.

In March, he sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for nuclear talks while warning of possible military action if Tehran refused.

Western countries, including the United States, have long suspected Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons, an allegation Tehran has consistently denied, maintaining that its programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

Russia, a close ally of Iran and party to the 2015 deal, and China have held discussions with Tehran in recent weeks over its nuclear programme.

‘Dr Araghchi will travel to Moscow at the end of the week,’ said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, adding that the trip was pre-planned and would be ‘an opportunity to discuss the latest developments related to the Muscat talks.’

Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, later confirmed the visit saying Araghchi would meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and other officials.

Iran and the United States separately described Saturday’s discussions with the US as ‘constructive’.

Moscow welcomed the Iran-US talks as it pushed for a diplomatic solution and warned that military confrontation would be a ‘global catastrophe’.

Another round of talks between Iran and the United States is scheduled for Saturday, April 19.

Iran has yet to confirm the location, but Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani later said Rome had given a ‘positive response’ to a request to host the talks, adding ‘we are willing to do whatever it takes’.

The official IRNA news agency reported that they would be held in Europe, without elaborating.

Baqaei said the next set of talks would continue to be indirect with Omani mediation, adding that direct talks were ‘not effective’ and ‘not useful’.

He had previously said that the only focus of the upcoming talks would be ‘the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions’, and that Iran ‘will not have any talks with the American side on any other issue’.

Late on Sunday, IRNA reported that Tehran’s regional influence and its missile capabilities were among its ‘red lines’ in the talks.

Washington reinstated biting sanctions on Tehran following its withdrawal from the 2015 deal three years later.

Iran continued to adhere to the agreement for a year after Trump’s withdrawal but later began rolling back its compliance.

Iran has consistently denied that it is seeking nuclear weapons.

Baqaei reiterated that Iran would host United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi in the coming days but noted that the details of his trip were still ‘to be decided on’.

In a post on X, Grossi confirmed that he would be heading to Tehran ‘later this week’.

‘Continued engagement and cooperation with the Agency is essential at a time when diplomatic solutions are urgently needed,’ he said.

IRNA later reported that Grossi would arrive on Wednesday and meet Araghchi and Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s nuclear energy agency.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency last visited Iran in November when he held talks with top officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian.

In its latest quarterly report in February, the IAEA said Iran had an estimated 274.8 kilograms (605 pounds) of uranium enriched to up to 60 per cent, which far exceeds the 3.67 per cent limit set under the 2015 deal and is much closer to the 90 per cent threshold required for weapons-grade material.​

 

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Iran’s Khamenei sends letter to Putin ahead of talks with US

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Thursday with a letter for President Vladimir Putin to brief the Kremlin about nuclear negotiations with the US, which has threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran wi

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Iran’s Khamenei sends letter to Putin ahead of talks with US
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Thursday with a letter for President Vladimir Putin to brief the Kremlin about nuclear negotiations with the US, which has threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with bombing and to extend tariffs to third countries that buy Iranian oil if Tehran does not come to an agreement with Washington over its disputed nuclear programme. The United States has moved additional warplanes into the region.

The Trump administration and Iran held talks in Oman last weekend that both sides described as positive and constructive. Ahead of a second round of talks set to take place in Rome this weekend, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that Iran’s right to enrich uranium is not negotiable.

Russia, a longstanding ally of Tehran, plays a role in Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the West as a veto-wielding UN Security Council member and a signatory to an earlier nuclear deal Trump abandoned during his first term in 2018.

“Regarding the nuclear issue, we always had close consultations with our friends China and Russia. Now it is a good opportunity to do so with Russian officials,” Araqchi told Iranian state television.

LETTER FOR PUTIN

He said he was conveying a letter to Putin that addressed regional and bilateral issues. Putin later received Araqchi in the Kremlin.

Western powers say Iran is refining uranium to a high degree of fissile purity beyond what is justifiable for a civilian nuclear energy programme and close to the level suitable for an atomic bomb. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons and says it has a right to a civilian nuclear programme.

Moscow has bought weapons from Iran for the war in Ukraine and signed a 20-year strategic partnership deal with Tehran earlier this year, although it did not include a mutual defence clause. The two countries were battlefield allies in Syria for years until their ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.

Putin has kept on good terms with Khamenei as both Russia and Iran are cast as enemies by the West, but Moscow is keen not to trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

Russia has said that any military strike against Iran would be illegal and unacceptable. On Tuesday, the Kremlin declined to comment when asked if Russia was ready to take control of Iran’s stocks of enriched uranium as part of a possible future nuclear deal between Iran and the United States.​

 

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Moscow may gain key role as US talks progress

Russia could play a key role in a deal on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, with Moscow being touted not only as a possible destination for Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but also as a possible arbiter of deal breaches.

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Moscow may gain key role as US talks progress

Russia could play a key role in a deal on the future of Iran's nuclear programme, with Moscow being touted not only as a possible destination for Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but also as a possible arbiter of deal breaches.

Trump, who abandoned a 2015 nuclear pact between Tehran and world powers in 2018 during his first term, has threatened to attack Iran unless it reaches a new deal swiftly that would prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

Four hours of indirect talks between the US and Iran in Rome on Saturday, under the mediation of Oman, made significant progress, according to US officials. Further technical talks are due in Geneva this week, followed by another high-level diplomatic meeting next weekend in Oman, reports The Guardian.

Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who was at the heart of the Rome talks, wants an agreement wrapped up within 60 days, but is likely to face resistance from Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, who believes the levels of distrust and the technical nature of the talks make such a swift agreement unlikely.

Meanwhile, Iranian media portray Tehran as holding a strong position after Saturday's nuclear talks with the United States, reports AFP.

"Iran's military might has forced America to negotiate," headlines the Kayhan newspaper, whose editorial line has long opposed any compromise or negotiations with the US.

"Americans need us and the credibility that negotiations with Iran give them," wrote the newspaper, still describing Trump as an "untrustworthy psychopath".​

 

[Bilal9]

There is opposition within the Irani gubment on preventing further arms transfers to Russia. Millions of Uki's are dead guys. It's a serious matter. Iranian drones have messed up UKi infrastructure beyond repair.

The main issue here is that Iran makes the Fateh-110 for like a $100k a pop, whilst an Iskunder round is well over $1.3 million and a Kaliber is $6 million each.

Iran can turn the tide in Ukraine rather easily, considering both types are just as accurate on CEP.

The downsized lower weight fibreglass version (RAAD 500) is possibly just as cheap.

Very compelling proposition - does the Pakistan Army wield something equivalent? Of course anything beyond 300 KM range will not comply with MTCR.

 

[Lulldapull]

The downsized lower weight fibreglass version (RAAD 500) is possibly just as cheap.

Very compelling proposition - does the Pakistan Army wield something equivalent? Of course anything beyond 300 KM range will not comply with MTCR.

Pakistan military/ industry is backward and 100% reliant upon China for even nuts and bolts to specification. We import everything bhai.......

We don't even have a steel industry anymore, let alone for any other base metals like zinc or copper or Aluminum or minerals or electrical components let alone chips or chemicals.

Hur cheez hum import kartay hain.

Kidher Iranis aur kidher hum bhai?

Just FYI, Iran is exporting close to 4 million bpd oil now and you do the math of 3,000000 x $65 per barrel = $71 billion per year just from oil. And they exporting similar amounts in non oil trade. That equals to ~$150 billion annual income. Our harami corrupt hukumraan can't manage $25 billion per year. And Iran's population is only 80 million to our 240 million bhai.

This is extremely fukked up and I hold ourcorrupt establishment responsible for our dire economic situation.