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Russian, Iranian FMs Support Restoring Nuclear Deal to Original Form

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers a speech in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers a speech in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
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Russian, Iranian FMs Support Restoring Nuclear Deal to Original Form

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers a speech in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers a speech in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian both expressed support for restoring a 2015 nuclear deal to its original form, the RIA news agency reported on Saturday, citing Russia's foreign ministry.

Under the 2015 deal between Iran and six world powers, Tehran curbed its uranium enrichment program in return for the lifting of US, UN and European Union sanctions.

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday Iran would not back down "in any way" in the defense of its interests, after the sides announced that nuclear talks would resume on Nov. 29.

Raisi, under personal US sanctions over human rights abuses in his past as a judge, said Iran seeks the "lifting of all US sanctions and neutralization of sanctions", sounding an uncompromising tone ahead of the Vienna discussions.

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China, Russia Militaries Conduct Joint Air Patrol over Sea of Japan

Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
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China, Russia Militaries Conduct Joint Air Patrol over Sea of Japan

Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

Chinese and Russian militaries have organized and carried out the ninth joint strategic air patrol in "relevant airspace" over the Sea of Japan on Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.
The air patrol was part of an annual cooperation plan between the countries since 2019, Reuters said.
CCTV said the air patrol aims to effectively test and enhance the joint training and operational capabilities of the two air forces.
South Korea's military said it launched fighter jets after 11 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered the country's air defense identification zone (ADIZ). The aircraft lingered over a period of four hours before exiting without incident.
South Korea has protested to China and Russia that the air patrol was conducted without notice.
Countries demand that foreign aircraft entering their ADIZ identify themselves for security reasons. Such zones however do not refer to territorial airspace of a sovereign state, and often overlap with ADIZs of other countries.
In July, both militaries conducted a joint air patrol using nuclear-capable strategic bombers near the US state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic, prompting the United States and Canada to scramble fighter jets.