Former Russian Foreign Minister and President of the Russian International Affairs Council Igor Ivanov announced the news in a meeting with Head of Iran’s Strategic Foreign Relations Council Sayyed Kamal Kharrazi in Moscow.

Former Russian Foreign Minister and President of the Russian International Affairs Council Igor Ivanov announced the news in a meeting with Head of Iran's Strategic Foreign Relations Council Sayyed Kamal Kharrazi in Moscow.

Also during the meeting, the Russian president's aide in scientific affairs announced his plans to visit Tehran soon to meet high-ranking Iranian officials on expansion of scientific ties.

Tehran and Moscow are in continued contacts to discuss ways to still accelerate expansion of their fasting growing ties and cooperation over regional issues.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in a meeting in Munich in February underlined the need for resolving regional crises through political means.

During the meeting in the German city, Zarif and Lavrov stressed that talks could help the affected countries reach a political solution to the ongoing crises.

The two sides, meantime, voiced their satisfaction over the current status of Iran-Russia relations, and called for the further broadening of mutual cooperation.