DUBAI, December 23. /TASS/. Tehran and Moscow are likely to sign an agreement on comprehensive cooperation as early as mid-January 2025, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.

"This will be done at a bilateral meeting in the coming future. God willing, the agreement will be signed at the end of the month of Dey (the tenth month of the Iranian calendar, which corresponds to the period between December 21 and January 19 in the Gregorian calendar - TASS)," he said at a press conference when asked when the Iran-Russia partnership accord could be signed. The event was broadcast live by SNN television.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 4 that he anticipated a new fundamental agreement with Tehran to be signed during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s upcoming visit to Russia. According to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the date of the visit has not been set yet but Moscow and Tehran have no intention of postponing the signing of the comprehensive partnership agreement.