Gore–Chernomyrdin accord limits arms cooperation

Shevardnadze arrived in Tehran for discussions with president-elect Rafsanjani and other Iranian leaders on bilateral ties, Afghanistan and the Iran–Iraq peace process.

The USSR formally dissolved. Iran’s relationship with Moscow entered a Russian phase, while newly independent Caucasian and Central Asian states altered its regional setting.

Iran and Russia signed a protocol on cooperation in nuclear power-plant construction, establishing a framework for post-Soviet nuclear collaboration.

Tajik government and opposition delegations concluded a UN-sponsored ceasefire in Tehran. Its provisions addressed the neutrality of Russian troops and CIS peacekeepers.

Russian and Iranian nuclear organizations signed a contract to complete Bushehr’s first reactor unit. The project became a major channel of civilian nuclear cooperation; signing the contract did not...

Tajik government and opposition representatives signed a protocol in Tehran on guarantees for implementing the peace agreement, advancing a settlement supported by Iran and Russia.

The Tajik government and opposition signed their General Agreement in Moscow, with the Russian and Iranian foreign ministers among those present, marking convergence in regional peace diplomacy.

Iran, Russia and India established the International North–South Transport Corridor framework in St Petersburg, seeking improved trade connections through Iranian territory.

Russia ceased considering itself bound by its 1995 pledge against new arms deals with Iran, reopening room for bilateral defence cooperation.

Russian defence minister Igor Sergeyev arrived in Tehran for talks on expanding military ties, the first visit of its kind since Iran’s 1979 revolution.