Tehran guarantees protocol advances Tajik peace

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...

The United States and Russia signed an aide-memoire restricting future Russian arms sales to Iran, showing Tehran the influence of US–Russian bargaining on its defence partnerships.

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.

Iran and Russia signed a treaty on mutual relations and principles of cooperation in Moscow during Khatami’s visit. It provided a formal framework for bilateral ties; the UN treaty record...