A comparative Analysis of Diplomatic Relations between Iran and Russia during the Administrations of Presidents Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The relations between two administrations of Iran and Russia have been always accompanied by ups and downs in the last few years. Sometimes they have been so close that strategic co-operations have been issued, and some other they have been breaking in relations so as they have had frosty and strained relations. At the moment, there are some different and influential issues on the relations of the two countries among which are nuclear co-operation, military collaboration and economic terms. This paper aims at not only discussing the relations of the two countries after the Revolution of Islamic Republic of Iran, but also studying and analyzing their relation comparatively during the administrations of Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 1998 to 2010 (1376-1389)