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Al-Monitor – “A very important visit” — that’s how Iran’s Foreign Ministry described Ali Akbar Velayati’s trip to Russia, where Velayati, the supreme leader’s foreign policy adviser, was expected to deliver messages from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani to the Russian president.

Radiofarda – Tehran’s outspoken representative to parliament, Mahmoud Sadeghi has accused his colleagues of receiving bribes to shelve a parliamentary motion aimed at investigating law violations at the capital city’s municipality.

Radiofarda – A possible withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria appears to be on the agenda of Russian leader Vladimir Putin in his upcoming meetings with Iranian and Israeli officials, while mounting pressures on Iran aim at curbing Tehran’s regional ambitions. Ali Akbar Velayati, the international affairs adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Radiofarda – A top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed his country’s “strategic relationship” with Russia on Wednesday during a visit to Moscow, part of a diplomatic offensive by Tehran as it braces for renewed U.S. sanctions.

Radiofarda – India’s oil imports from Iran declined by 15.9 percent in June, the first month after the United States said it would reimpose sanctions on the country, according to data from shipping and industry sources.