Russia: ‘For us, Iran is a friendly country’

Published July 19, 2018 7:27pm ET



Russia plans to defy the renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran and pursue “a number of large-scale projects” with that country, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.

“For us, Iran is a friendly country,” said Levan Dzhagaryan, the Russian ambassador to the regime.

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