MOSCOW (Dispatches) -- Iran’s new ambassador to Russia on Wednesday underscored the need for Tehran and Moscow to cooperate to counter the U.S.’ "economic terrorism” as the two countries have be the target of Washington’s sanctions.
"It is necessary for us to strengthen political relations, to expand bilateral, regional and international cooperation, to fight against terrorism together, and also to resist economic terrorism of the US, which has imposed sanctions both on our country and on Russia,” Kazem Jalali said in an interview with Russia’s Sputnik news agency.