Elvira Nabiullina, the Bank of Russia Governor, visited Tehran on Thursday for talks with Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Reza Farzin. The discussion was regarding improving ties between Russia and Iran’s commercial banks given that both countries are under heavy sanctions from the West. Frazin also said that the talks centered around “increasing banking infrastructure cooperation.”
World Leaders Sign Letter To Stop Execution Of Prisoners In Iran
On Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hosted 4-way talks in an effort to normalize diplomatic relations between the Syrian and Turkish governments in an effort to bring stability to Syria and also to oust American influence in the country. The talks included Russia, Turkey, Syria, and Iran and could be a means to force U.S. troops out of Syria.
According to a Pentagon spokesman on Saturday, rising concerns that Iranian forces might target foreign commercial ships or oil tankers in the Persian Gulf has led the U.S. Navy to deploy a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine carrying Tomahawk missiles to the region.
As Washington looks for new ways to fund the war in Ukraine, the U.S. Army has begun assessing the possibility of sending thousands of Iranian weapons and more than a million rounds of ammunition to Kyiv.
While the U.S. and Europe have joined forces in an effort to target putting sanctions on Iranian-made drones that are being shipped to Russia, Iran and Russia have agreed to establish a joint drone manufacturing facility in Russia, according to a weekend report from Wall Street Journal.
Due to a shortage of missiles, Russia has begun using Iranian Shahed-136 drones in its recent assaults on Ukraine’s infrastructure. The increased airstrikes are retaliation for a Ukrainian blast that severely damaged the Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and the Russian mainland earlier this month.
US Shoots Down Iranian Drone In northern Iraq – Report.
Iranian Hackers Publish Documents On Political Assassination Plots In Albania And Kosovo.
Iran Threatens Missile Strike On MEK Camp In Albania.