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Mohammad Eslami, Vice President of Iran and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), arrived in Moscow on Monday at the head of a delegation for high-level meetings with Russia n officials and to participate in the events of Russia ’s Nuclear Energy Week. He was welcomed at Sheremetyevo Airport by Kazem Jalali, Iran’s Ambassador to the Russia n Federation.

By Homayoun Barkhor | English Desk Editor & Foreign Policy Analyst, Borna News Agency: The failure of a U.N. Security Council draft to extend sanctions relief for Iran did not leave a vacuum. Instead, it accelerated confrontation. With that text blocked, Britain, France, and Germany have moved to trigger the “snapback” mechanism—a tool meant to automatically restore prior U.N. restrictions against Tehran. In Western capitals, snapback is framed as necessary pressure. Across the East and Global South, it is seen as coercion without consensus. Russia , China, Pakistan, Cuba, and others have already said openly they will not recognize its legitimacy.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has strongly condemned the recent UN Security Council vote on snapback sanctions against Iran. In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Rodríguez rejected the decision, saying it undermines Iran’s sovereign right to peacefully pursue its nuclear program and further erodes stability in the Middle East.

NATO should shoot down Russia n warplanes, Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene has said. Her comments came after Estonia, Lithuania’s neighbor, accused Russia of violating its airspace – something that Moscow has denied.

The Russia n Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement on Saturday, denouncing the latest UN Security Council vote on the reimposition of sanctions on Iran, arguing that the move had “nothing to do with diplomacy” and calling for firm resistance against what it described as Western and U.S. “dictatorship and pseudo-legal nihilism” in international affairs.

US President Donald Trump has said that his country is profiting from the Ukraine conflict, contrasting his approach with the unconditional military aid provided to Kiev by the previous administration.

The Russia n Defense Ministry has denied that its warplanes entered Estonia’s airspace on Friday.

China and Russia hold the ability to obstruct the enforcement of UN sanctions on Iran even if the “snapback” mechanism is formally triggered, according to international lawyer and foreign policy analyst Reza Nasri.

Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, lauded Russia ’s firm positions at the UN and IAEA during the recent 12-day imposed Israeli war.

Brussels is pressing ahead with a plan to use €170 billion of Russia ’s frozen sovereign assets to back “reparation loans” for Ukraine, the Financial Times has reported. The EU faces growing pressure to find additional funding for Kiev as US cuts back its support.

Russia ’s top energy officials have held talks with Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad in Tehran amid reports that the two countries are finalizing pricing issues for a major gas transfer deal that would allow Russia to export sizable volumes of natural gas to Iran.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says a “successful” model of cooperation among independent countries, including Iran and Russia , will prove that the era of unilateralism in the world is over.

EU nations are trying to elbow their way into the Ukraine peace process despite their openly hostile stance toward Russia , Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, stressing that the bloc should be kept out of the talks for that reason.

Russia n state media reported on Tuesday that Iran, India and other Moscow allies from Asia and Africa have joined the joint Russia –Belarus “Zapad” military exercises.

Iran and five partner states tabled a draft resolution at the IAEA urging a ban on all attacks or threats against safeguarded nuclear facilities.

US President Donald Trump has warned that Washington will only escalate sanctions against Moscow if EU and NATO countries match the US measures and halt their purchases of Russia n oil.

The Polish Defense Ministry is not ready for consultations with their Russia n colleagues over the September 10 drone incident, Russia ’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organization says.

The US will press its G7 allies to establish a legal framework for seizing frozen Russia n state assets and channeling them to Ukraine, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources.

The Iranian ambassador to Moscow has stressed that Iran has never demanded Russia hand over the S-400 system air-defense.

Iran and Russia are planning to hold price negotiations on a major gas supply deal that allows Russia to export sizable volumes of natural gas to Iran, according to remarks by Iran’s ambassador to Moscow.