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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri at the First Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, August 12, 2019. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)
August 12, 2019, 3:16 pm
Russia, Iran, others debate how to split Caspian oil riches
Regional leaders meet in Turkmenistan, with Iran’s VP insisting that threat of US sanctions undermines region’s stability
By ALEXANDER VERSHININ
Illustrative -- A cargo ship is seen between Iranian city port of Bandar Abbas and Qeshm island in the strategic water way of Persian Gulf, on Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 19, 2018, 4:27 pm
Crew of Iranian cargo ship poisoned, 3 seamen die — report
Ambassador claims the vessel was carrying cereals from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan; no specification of what the toxic substance was or whether foul play suspected
By AP and TOI staff
In this picture released by the Tasnim News Agency, miners and rescue personnel carry an injured mine worker after a coal mine explosion, near Azadshahr in northern Iran, Wednesday, May, 3, 2017. (AP/Tasnim News Agency, Mostafa Hassanzadeh)
May 4, 2017, 5:12 am
Coal mine explosion in Iran’s north kills at least 21 miners
Several officials blame blast on accumulated gas and say it is affecting rescue efforts
By Nasser Karimi and Amir Vahdat
Screen capture from video reportedly showing a Russian ship launching a cruise missile. (YouTube/New China TV)
October 8, 2015, 10:31 pm
Aiming for Syria, Russian cruise missiles hit Iran — Pentagon
US official says 4 projectiles went off course; Moscow says 26 missiles fired from Caspian Sea, denies any went astray
By AP, AFP and TOI staff
The Russain Buyan class corvette Volgodonsk. (YouTube/rianews)
August 12, 2015, 4:00 pm
Iran, Russia stage joint naval exercise
Drill in Caspian Sea comes during 3-day visit by Russian warships to northern Iranian port
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
The Iranian "Damavand" destroyer (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
March 9, 2015, 5:44 pm
Iran receives ‘faster, more agile’ destroyer
90-meter ship, named Damavand, armed with cruise missile systems, torpedos and electronic warfare equipment
By AFP
Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship (Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)
October 17, 2014, 6:00 am
Iran, Russia hold joint naval exercise
Drill marks the first visit in decades by a Russian fleet to an Iranian port in the Caspian Sea
By AP
President Shimon Peres meets with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, 2012. (photo credit: Flash90)
June 8, 2013, 12:41 am
Azerbaijan’s president to run for third term
Incumbent Heydar Aliyev, who has been in office since 2003, to face off against 73-year-old screenwriter
Iran's Jamaran-2 destroyer docked at a shipyard ahead of deployment (photo credit: image capture YouTube)
March 17, 2013, 2:57 pm
Iran launches destroyer in the Caspian Sea
Ahmadinejad inaugurates the guided-missile destroyer Jamaran-2 in the port city of Anzali
Baku, the capital of energy-rich Azerbaijan (photo credit: CC BY David Davidson/Flikr)
October 24, 2012, 9:24 am
Feeling pain of Western sanctions, Iran looks to the east
Islamic Republic has contingency plans to run the country without critical oil revenue, including investments in solar and renewable sources, oil minister says
By Brian Murphy
June 30, 2012, 5:45 pm
Iran to deploy subs in Caspian Sea
Tehran announces plans to station light submarines in the central-Asian sea
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