After Iran’s Parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing’s foreign-affairs spokesperson stressed—in what looked ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said hundreds of his country's nuclear experts will continue to work at a power plant in Iran after Israel agreed to guarantee their safety. Over 200 Russian ...

For over a century, Iran has stood at the crossroads of empire, revolution, and resistance. From the fall of the Shah to the ...

Israel's attack on Iran and the U.S.'s rejection of tougher oil sanctions could boost Russia's revenues from its key export.

Russia and Iran fought wars in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the Russian Empire capturing broad territories in the Caucasus and the Caspian region previously controlled by Persian rulers.

THE consensus after Israel’s 12-day war with Iran seems to be that it ended in humiliation – not just for the Islamic Republic, but also Russia, which failed to lift a finger for a loyal ally and lost ...

Alexander Dugin isn’t a regular pundit. He’s more Rasputin than Kissinger—equal parts political theorist, mystic nationalist, and civilisational evangelist. Born in the Soviet Union in 1962, Dugin ...

The destruction of Iran’s ominous nuclear program re-opens the door to peaceful political transformation that Trump, in his ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A senior Russian official said on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump had started a new war by attacking Iran that would only strengthen Tehran's leaders by consolidating ...

Iranians still recall the territory that the Persian Empire had to cede to Russia’s czar in the early 19th century. ... Iran and Russia had an alliance that was much more tactical than strategic.

In 1874, a travel diary of Iran’s ruler Naser al-Din Shah was published in English for the first time, offering a fascinating insight into the shah’s trip through Russia, Western Europe, and ...

Russia and Iran fought wars in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the Russian Empire capturing broad territories in the Caucasus and the Caspian region previously controlled by Persian rulers.