Iran has completely removed the US dollar from its trade transactions with Russia, according to the country’s chief banker, amid growing economic cooperation between the two countries that are subject to Western sanctions.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s oil minister on Thursday said that Tehran-Moscow cooperation paves the way for the progress of not only the two countries but also regional states.

EghtesadOnline: The evacuation of rebel-held eastern Aleppo due to start at dawn was delayed, perhaps until Thursday, with an opposition official blaming Iran and its Shi'ite militias allied to President Bashar al-Assad for the hold-up.

EghtesadOnline: The Iran-Russia contract on the supply of several S-300 missile defense systems to Tehran will be accomplished by the end of the current Iranian year (that ends on March 20, 2017), Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced on Sunday.

EghtesadOnline: Bilateral trade plummeted by 65% between 2010 and 2015 during the UN sanctions on Iran, then nearly quadrupled by 2022 after international sanctions were lifted and a new trade route opened.

EghtesadOnline: Russian exports to Iran increased by 27%, while imports hiked by 10% in January-October 2022.