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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) receives a gift from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) in Tehran November 23, 2015. REUTERS/leader.ir/Handout via Reuters

Prospects and Challenges of Russian-Iranian Cooperation in Syria

by Nikolay Khozyainov | Aug 30, 2017 | Opinion

Associate at the Russia and Eurasia programme of Chatham House and senior lecturer at the European University at St.Petersburg Russian military engagement in the Syrian conflict had the direct impact on Moscow’s relations with the Middle Eastern countries. The main...

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Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh. AFP

IRGC Refuses US Entrance to Military Bases

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 8, 2017 | World

London- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said Monday that foreign countries will never be allowed to inspect Iran’s military centers. Asked by reporters about recent media reports that the US...

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Iranian ex-foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Argentina Seeks Extradition of Iran ex-Minister over Bombing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 22, 2016 | World

Buenos Aires-An Argentinian judge has issued another extradition warrant for Iranian ex-foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati over the deadly bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994, the government said. Investigating Judge Rodolfo Canicoba asked Baghdad to...

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A still image taken from video footage and released by Russia’s defense ministry on August 11, 2016, shows a Russian bomber dropping off bombs at an unknown location in Syria. Reuters

Larijani: No Russian Military Base in Iran

by Adel al-Salmi | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

London, Moscow- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani denied that Russia has a permanent military base in the Islamic Republic following comments made by Iranian MP Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh that the deployment of foreign military forces inside the country is...

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People light candles next to a sign that reads “I am Nisman” during a protest over the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, at the Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Argentinian Court Asks Malaysia, Singapore to Arrest Khamenei Advisor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2016 | World

London-The Argentine Federal Court has asked Singapore and Malaysia to arrest former Iranian foreign minister and adviser of Supreme leader Ali Khamenei Ali Akbar Velayati, whom it accuses of involvement in the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people and injured 300 at the...