Russia’s Putin due in Tehran next week 

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tehran and Moscow.He stressed that Russia is serious about expanding its economic relations with Iran and that planning for this goal will
be at the top of Putin's agenda in his meeting with Iran's high-ranking officials.He added that the U.S
and European sanctions on Russia have caused a sharpening of Russian interest in economic and commercial dealings with Iran.The lawmaker
explained that after the recent visit of the Iranian president, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, to Russia, a positive atmosphere was created in
Moscow regarding economic cooperation with Iran
mulling expansion of ties in various economic fields
Federation, and senior directors of some major Russian banks.Issues related to joint investment, and ways to expand monetary and banking
cooperation and remove barriers were the main pivots of negotiations in the trip.Saleh-Abadi also discussed the expansion of ties between
Committee meeting in Moscow in June
transport, international road transport issues in the territory of Iran and Russia, the use of traffic permits, border crossings and the
development of international transport corridors.