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.

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

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

"Cooperation between Tehran and Moscow had led to keeping Bashar al-Assad in power," Javad Heirannia, director of the Persian Gulf Studies at the Center for Scientific Research and Middle East ...

The visit comes a day after the United States imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil industry, the Islamic Republic’s main source of income.

Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, visited Tehran for diplomatic talks with Iranian officials. This visit follows recent U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil industry and comes after initial discussions between Moscow and Washington.

The Iranian foreign minister addressed the issue after talks with his Russian counterpart, amid worries in Tehran that Moscow's recent closeness with Washington may undermine Iran's interests.