Tehran held talks with the parties to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and is ready to become a mediator in its settlement, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said on Tuesday.
"Our President and our Minister of Foreign Affairs held talks with both sides and declared Iran's readiness to be a mediator in the settlement of this conflict," he said in an interview with "Zvezda" TV channel.
About cooperation with Russia
Kazem Jalali also believes that Iran and Russia have good prospects for developing military-technical cooperation (MTC) with the end of the UN arms embargo.
"Undoubtedly, under such conditions, our cooperation with Russia in the military-technical sphere will develop. Prerequisites for that already present. We have held many negotiations with the Russians on this issue. When restrictions are lifted, there are many areas where we can cooperate with the Russians, as well as implement the contracts that exist between us. I see a very good prospect for cooperation between our countries in this area," he said.
The embargo on supplies to Iran as well as the export of conventional weapons from this country expired on October 18. That day marked exactly five years since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to address the situation around Iran's nuclear program and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which established a time-bound closure, came into effect.
On the death of General Suleimani
Iran's ambassador to Russia said that Tehran had not yet avenged the death of Al-Quds Special Forces Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (elite units of the Iranian Armed Forces) Kassem Suleimani.
"We have not yet taken revenge. As one of our friends said, we firing on US military base Ain al-Assad was revenge for the car that blew up and killed Suleimani. But we haven't avenged his death yet," he said, answering the question.
The ambassador noted Tehran's assessment that the US "committed a very serious crime" by killing a man who "heroically fought terrorists in the region".
Suleimani died on the night of January 3 as a result of a targeted US missile strike near Baghdad airport. In response, on the night of January 8, Tehran launched a rocket attack on two objects in Iraq that were used by the US military: Ain al-Assad base and Erbil airport.
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