The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday against a U.N. resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine.

The United States must rebuild and replace its Cold War–era nuclear deterrent, given the growing threats posed by the autocrats in Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Tehran.

Several senior Russian missile specialists have visited Iran over the past year as the Islamic Republic has deepened its defence cooperation with Moscow, a Reuters review of travel records and employment data indicates.

Iran will not succumb to pressure and sanctions imposed by Washington, the Islamic Republic's top diplomat said on Tuesday after meeting his Russian counterpart, days after Moscow held initial talks with the U.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that future talks between Russia and the United States would include discussions on Iran’s nuclear program, a subject it said had been “touched upon” in an initial round of U.

Iranian Deputy Minister of Transport and head of the Civil Aviation Organization, Hossein Pourfarzaneh, met in Moscow with Dmitry Yadrov, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Transport and head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Russia has offered to mediate between Washington and Tehran to defuse tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme, a media report said on Wednesday. Kremlin officials pledged to do everything possible to peacefully address issues around Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Reuters news agency reported.

The Kremlin has agreed to help the U.S. in negotiations with Iran, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. These talks involve Iran’s nuclear program as well as the country’s support for anti-American proxy forces in the Middle East.

Israelis are hoping that Iran hawks in the Trump administration might moderate any tendency to go easy on Tehran.

Moscow: Russia has agreed to help United States administration led by President Donald Trump in dealing with Iran and Tehran's Nuclear programme. Moscow will also assist its support for regional anti-US proxies,

Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi says Iran and Russia are determined to continue political and technical consultations on international and multilateral issues.