INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Iran's senior security official has condemned U.S
sanctions on Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, urging the international community to band together and oppose Washington's
unilateral policies.On the heels of the fourth meeting of the Regional Security Dialogue in the Tajik capital Dushanbe on Friday, Ali
Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), met with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev and called for
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been subject to sanctions for the past 43 years, and has become an epitome of the ineffectiveness of
sanctions against Russia will not be lifted once the Ukraine war comes to an end
Therefore, it is necessary to devise a coherent system of cooperation between the sanctioned countries on a strategic and long-term
talks between Iran and Russia at various levels, asking for the rise of the bilateral collaboration.The SNSC secretary cited the growth of
collaboration, as well as shared financial, banking, and tariff procedures among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, as a
vital step that can mitigate the impact of unlawful sanctions on the nations' economic and commercial connections.Shamkhani also spoke about
Western efforts to draw Russia into the Ukraine crisis, asserting that certain countries are using the conflict to carry out expansionist
lack of a broad-based government in the country is among the main reasons for the continuing instability and insecurity as well as mounting
The West is determined to double down on its anti-Russia measures
the U.S.'s establishment of chemical and biological facilities in the country, and that Moscow intends to disclose important pertinent
collaboration capacities between Russia and Iran.
