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A handout picture released by the official website of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows a military parade during his visit to the Military College of Tehran on October 5, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR)

Iran still seeking settlement on Russian missiles

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran says it is still negotiating with Russia for the delivery of S-300 air defense missiles, a contract suspended thanks to Western and Israeli pressure since 2007, despite reports it has been offered a substitute. “In line with the friendly...

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In this Monday, May 5, 2008 file photo Russian army S-300 air defense missiles move during a final rehearsal of Victory Day parade at Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral, right in the background, in Moscow. Source: AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev

Russia’s Putin to visit Tehran for nuclear talks—media reports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2013 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet Iran’s newly elected president in Tehran next month to discuss restarting talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Russian and Iranian media reports said on Wednesday. The Russian newspaper...

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Russian army S-300 air defense missile launchers drive in a street during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow’s Red Square, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Israel discusses Russian peacekeepers for Golan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 10, 2013 | Middle East

Moscow, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Israeli ambassador to Moscow said on Tuesday that Israel was prepared to discuss the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the occupied Golan Heights. The comments were made while Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni was holding talks with...

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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May, 9, 2013. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Iran’s emergency plan for post-Assad era in Lebanon

by Huda Al Husseini | Jun 9, 2013 | Opinion

The Syrian regime is acting as if it will survive forever and is seeking to cement ties with its allies for numerous objectives—none of which are positive. Iran and Hezbollah, despite all the evidence that proves they both adhere to the one objective of velayat-e...