It would be wrong to foment a scandal over particles of uranium discovered at an undeclared facility in Iran, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on Wednesday, stressing that the trend reflects the policy toward increasing tensions around the Persian Gulf

Oman is seeking to increase trade with Iran, Omani Ambassador in Tehran Saud bin Ahmad Khalid al-Barwani said on Tuesday at a meeting with Iranian businessmen

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed over the telephone the situation in Syria and reaffirmed their commitment to maintain coordination regarding actions with respect to that country, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is expecting concrete proposals from Afghanistan with regard to securing cooperation, Secretary-General Vladimir Norov told Sputnik on Tuesday

The fact that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) discovered uranium particles in a place in Iran that has not been declared to the nuclear watchdog has nothing to do with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told Sputnik on Tuesday

Russia has gained a reputation over recent years for providing the only successful negotiation platforms for various pressing issues, therefore making the country uniquely qualified to mediate the dispute between Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, Natalya Poklonskaya, the deputy head of the foreign affairs committee of the Russian lower house, told Sputnik

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group announced Israel's assassination of one of the organization's leaders in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday

Iran's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharib Abadi said on Tuesday that Tehran cooperated with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to clarify issues related to a facility, designated by the organization as undeclared, and warned against premature judgment concerning the organization's findings