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Russia and Iran strengthen ties with gas deal

Politiko 2025-04-25 19:02:46
Russia and Iran strengthen ties with gas deal

Russia and Iran have further strengthened their alliance, having reached a new gas deal on April 25, under which Moscow will send 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Tehran annually. Iran has emerged as one of Russia's key allies during the war in Ukraine. Both Moscow and Tehran are under severe sanctions from the West.

Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad was visiting Moscow and signed the new gas deal with his Russian counterpart Sergei Tsivilev. Paknejad announced the signing of the agreement “which provides, in the first part, for 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year.”

He said the gas would be transported through Azerbaijan, which separates the two countries. Tsivilev, meanwhile, added that prices had not yet been set, but that deliveries would begin this year. Russia and Iran signed a strategic partnership agreement this year.

The gas deal comes as the United States is pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program. The Iranian minister was in Moscow on the same day that U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Kiev and Western countries say Iran is sending weapons to Moscow for its offensive in Ukraine./ REL

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