Iran’s ability to significantly increase its oil exports in the face of US sanctions has been described by experts as a remarkable feat, especially amid record-breaking crude exports.

Russia says it sees "no ground" to renew its grain deal with Ukraine, less than two weeks before the expiration of the agreement.

Deputy Foreign Minister Pankin said the only way to guarantee stable trade is to avoid the use of currencies that have become “toxic.”

Alena Douhan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral, coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, has described US sanctions on Iran as unjustifiable and inhumane.

Russia has called on members of the BRICS group of emerging economies to integrate their payment systems.

Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali says Tehran and Moscow are in talks to recognize the Russian Mir interbank system.

Russia's top security official hits back at France for threatening Moscow with “an economic war,” saying such wars had often turned into real ones throughout history.