Foreign relations of Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 13 paved the way for long-overdue missile system deliveries to Iran and Moscow started an oil-for-goods swap with Tehran, showing the Kremlin's determination to boost economic ties with the Islamic Republic. 

Russia lifts ban on sale of S-300s to Iran

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree lifting a ban on sale of S-300 air defense systems to Iran, the Kremlin has announced.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his criticisms on the agreement reached over the Iranian nuclear program, which he characterized as the most dangerous country on Earth.

Israel is the fiercest combatant of the deal reached on April 2nd in Lausanne between Iran and the US,France,UK, China, Russia and Germany.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his assault on the framework nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, warning late April 11 that the Islamic republic could not be trusted.        

A framework nuclear deal reached with world powers last week is no guarantee a full agreement will be reached by the end of June, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said April 9.

Iran will agree to a final nuclear accord with six major powers only if all sanctions imposed on the country over its disputed nuclear work are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on April 9. 

"We will not sign any deal unless all sanctions are lifted on the same day ... We want a win-win deal for all parties involved in the nuclear talks," Rouhani said. 

CIA director John Brennan gave a staunch defense of the framework nuclear deal with Iran on April 7, calling some criticism of the accord "disingenuous" while expressing surprise at Tehran's concessions.
      

Iran has been approved as a founding member of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), China's finance ministry said Tuesday, just days after Tehran sealed a historic framework agreement on its nuclear programme.
      

US President Barack Obama has rejected a call by Israel for any nuclear agreement with Iran to be conditional on Tehran's recognition of the Jewish state's right to exist, branding it a "fundamental misjudgement".        

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is visiting Iran today with four files. 

In a joint statement, 65 Iranian deputies called on Erdo?an to apologize for his remarks about Iran. Erdo?an is expected to bring Yemen, Iraq, Syria and energy to the table in his talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.