Russia Firm on Blunting US Pressure on Iran

Moscow is determined to ensure the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal and will do all in its power to help counter the United States’ unilateral sanctions against Iran, a senior Russian diplomat said.  
“The world’s problems chiefly stem from the wrong policies of the US and its allies in the region,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi, in the Russian capital on Friday. 
The landmark nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was reached by Iran and the six world powers in 2015, but the US unilaterally abandoned it in May and reimposed the sanctions that had been lifted under the deal.