Russia-Iran comprehensive partnership treaty comes into force

Moscow [Russia], October 2 (ANI): The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Russia and Iran has officially come into effect, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday, according to the country’s state media. The coming into force of the agreement “marks an important milestone in the history of Russian-Iranian interstate relations that have reached a new level of broad strategic partnership," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement as per TASS.The treaty was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow on January 17, 2025 and became effective today on October 2.The document sets key benchmarks “for priority spheres of bilateral cooperation in the long term," the ministry continued. It envisages efforts to strengthen