Tehran was promised military aid before Israel’s airstrikes, but it got little more than rhetoric from Moscow.

Russia and Iran can fill gaps in each other’s intelligence and military capabilities—Russia makes sophisticated air defenses and aircraft, while Iran has developed powerful drones and missiles ...

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are all hostile to the U.S. That doesn’t mean they would go to war for one another—for ...

President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir V. Putin, signed a major cooperation treaty on Friday in the Kremlin, solidifying an alliance between two countries driven ...

Russian deputy foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said a U.S. attack on Iran would have dire consequences for the region but Moscow would offer any help in negotiations between Tehran, with which it ...

Russia-Iran ties warmed quickly after the USSR’s demise in 1991, when Moscow became an important trade partner and a top supplier of weapons and technology to Iran as it faced international ...

Iran Fears Being Hung Out To Dry. The Riyadh talks ended after more than fours hours with the top U.S. and Russian diplomats agreeing to move quickly to normalize relations and start negotiations ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iran on July 19 to bolster ties with Tehran. In only his second trip abroad after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, Putin met Supreme Leader ...

The U.S. president added that he would be “open” to having Russian President Vladimir Putin help end the fighting.

As the world fixated on the sudden eruption of hostilities between Israel and Iran, a quieter, more calculating player loomed just offstage.

In the volatile Caucasus region, Russia and Iran, often seen as united in their aims, are vying to secure trade routes and influence. That leaves Western countries facing an unusual dilemma.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not only dominated global headlines, but also triggered a wide-ranging debate in Iran and among Iranians about Tehran’s ties with Moscow. In a phone call ...