“The threat from Iran is weakening and will weaken further, especially as our sanctions are strengthened in 2020 and we will further complicate the situation in the Iranian economy,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the new Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, called on Russia to fight the US “economic terrorism” together.
On December 11, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill on the possible recognition of Russia as a “sponsor of terrorism” and the imposition of economic sanctions against it, along with Iran, North Korea, Syria and Sudan.