In 2018, then-President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and has since remained a staunch critic of the agreement. The potential construction of additional nuclear power plants in Iran is focused on energy and electricity production, not weapons development.

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.

Russia may supply up to 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year to Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, as Moscow diversifies its gas flows after a dramatic fall in exports to Europe.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday he believed their two countries could finalise agreements on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Iran. The two were meeting in the Kremlin before the planned signing of a strategic cooperation treaty.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact Friday as their countries deepened their partnership in the face of stinging Western sanctions.

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart President Masoud Pezeshkian this week for the signing of a broad partnership pact between Moscow and Tehran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian held talks in Moscow on Friday ahead of the signing of a strategic partnership treaty involving closer defense cooperation that is likely to worry the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin explained why Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was called "Mr. No" in the West.

Russia and Iran have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement, which includes enhanced military cooperation that could help Russia in its war against Ukraine. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Russian ruler Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement on 17

Russian and Iranian officials say the "comprehensive strategic partnership treaty" covers all areas -— from trade and military cooperation to science, education and culture.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian signed a new strategic cooperation pact as the two countries brace for the return of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to the White House.