Valdai Club

Rein Müllerson

Arun Mohanty

Sergey Mikhnevich

Gulnara Mammadzadeh

Duan Minnong

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Dmitry Mosyakov

Robert A. Manning

Bruce W. McConnell

Nina Mamedova

Russian Federation

Chair of the Iran Section, Center for Middle East Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Materials

Iran Plans to Increase Oil Production

Iran is planning to increase its oil production to 4.5 million barrels per day (bpd) within five years, Ali Kardor, Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said. How realistic are these plans?

Iran: Established Political Tradition Is Not Broken

It so happened that all the presidents in Iran’s history have served two terms, as allowed by the Constitution. The exceptions were caused by extraordinary events. President Banisadr was toppled, while Mohammad-Ali Rajai was killed in a terrorist attack. Now Hassan Rouhani won his second term.

Russia and Iran Choose Frugal Cooperation

The Russian-Iranian cooperation program, as reflected in the signed documents, has a measured, frugal character. The joint statement focuses on common positions on the most relevant issues, rather than opposing other centers of power, which reflects the interests of both countries.

Iran One Year after Lifting Sanctions: What’s Next?

The West’s wariness of Iran, the continuation of the sanctions and the possibility of their renewal, as well as the imposition of sanctions on Russia, objectively put these two countries in a situation where it is in their interests to maintain and strengthen their cooperation.

Iran: Were Expectations of Sanctions Relief Too High?

Apart from current oil prices, economic growth and investment is hampered by persisting US sanctions, because the United States has only lifted the nuclear-related sanctions. Hopes for rapid economic progress after the signing of the Vienna Agreement in July 2015 have not fully materialized.

Iran and International Markets: Growth of Mutual Interest

The main foreign policy achievement of the Rouhani government was the improvement of relations with the West, which is important to Iran for economic and political reasons.

Russia and Iran Need to Coordinate Their Political and Economic Plans

Russian-Iranian political relations and the views they share on many foreign policy issues have been much closer in the past decade than their economic ties.