Russia and China are to pay their respects to Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader, at his state funeral, which began on Thursday in Tehran.

By bnm Tehran bureau Russia's VTB may return to the question of expanding its presence in Iran once regional military action ends, VTB Chief Executive Andrei Kostin said, Interfax reported on June 30.

Iran is about to receive the first batch of its Sukhoi-35 fighter jets from Russia. The deal which was signed in 2023 will see 48 Su-35 jets in Iranian colours. According to reports, the initial batch of 20 Su-35 jets are ready for delivery while the remaining 28 will be ready for delivery by the end of the year.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are pivotal players at a moment when the posts of U.S. ambassador to Moscow and Kyiv are both vacant.

We look at the Russian attacks on Kyiv and the overall state of the wars between Russia and Ukraine and the U.S. and Iran.

Under the 14-point deal seeking to end U.S.-Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen and Washington would lift sanctions on Tehran.

The helicopters will be used by Iran’s Red Crescent Society for its “logistics and aerial rescue fleet,” an Iranian state news agency claimed.

Four-week average crude shipments were 3.89 million barrels a day in the period to June 21, up a little from the previous week, according to tanker-movements data compiled by Bloomberg. The uptick in crude flows comes as Ukraine continues its strikes on Russia’s oil refineries, potentially diverting into exports crude that can’t be processed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he was expecting a team of US negotiators to come to Moscow, once Washington had reached an agreement with Iran.