MNA � The deputy foreign ministers of Iran and Russia have stressed to continue bilateral cooperation against United States �illegal� withdrawal from the nuclear deal.







Iran and Russia�s deputies of foreign ministers Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Sergey Rybakov held a meeting on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two sides after the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA.

After the meeting, the two sides issued a statement in which they stressed to continue cooperation to preserve the JCPOA.

In addition to underlining Russia�s commitment to the JCPOA, the statement added "the two sides agreed to continue active cooperation on the issue in order to protect their trade and economic cooperation against US�s unilateral and illegal sanctions."