MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday spoke out against Moscow’s key ally Iran suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after Iranian lawmakers voted in favor of halting work with the UN nuclear agency. “We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects Iran’s repeated statements that Iran does not have and will not have plans to develop a nuclear weapon,” Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov recalled that a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency was held on Monday

According to the statement, the two sides emphasized their mutual commitment to continued close coordination aimed at preventing further escalation and ensuring a return to a…

The Russian foreign minister also pointed to broader concerns about the neutrality of international institutions

Iran's parliament has approved a bill to temporarily suspend Tehran's cooperation with the IAEA

Tehran drew attention to the agency's refusal to prevent or even condemn attacks by Israel and the United States on its nuclear facilities

Iran’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill on the temporary suspension of cooperation with the IAEA

Lavrov: “Ci auguriamo che continui”

The Russian foreign minister emphasized that Russia expects the international community to respect the repeated assurances from Iran’s supreme leader that Tehran has no intention…

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday spoke out against Moscow’s key ally Iran suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…

"We completely reject any attempts to restrict a sovereign state’s legal right to a civilian nuclear program with brute force," Maria Zakharova stressed