Kremlin says Russia ready to accept Iran's enriched uranium

A Russian corvette, Stoikiy, has docked at Iran’s First Naval District ahead of joint naval exercises between the two countries, state media reported.

Rear Admiral Hassan Maghsoodloo, spokesperson for the combined naval drill, was shown at the port during a news briefing, the reports said.

The joint naval exercise between the Iranian and Russian navies is due to take place on Thursday in the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean, according to the reports.

Iran’s nuclear negotiations are being conducted at the “peak of coordination” between the government and the armed forces, Elias Hazrati, head of the government’s information council, said.

“In all periods, there has been good coordination between the field, the armed forces and our diplomatic sector,” he said. “Now we are at the height of this coordination and unity prevails.”

Hazrati added that “everyone speaks with one voice and has one plan” managed and directed by the Supreme National Security Council, chaired by the president, and that all are moving “under the flag of the Supreme Leader.”

Former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said a military confrontation between the United States and Iran could begin in the coming days, even as diplomatic efforts continue.

“We are much closer than we were before,” Yadlin told Israel’s Channel 12, adding that a superpower does not go to war in a matter of days and that a diplomatic path must first be exhausted.

Yadlin, who now heads a national security consultancy, said the statement that “all options are on the table” was backed by a credible military threat, pointing to US preparations off Iran’s coast and in the skies.

Students at Iran University of Science and Technology have received a new wave of disciplinary summonses over the January protests in dormitories, the Amirkabir Newsletter student platform reported.

According to the text message cited in the report, students who failed to appear at an earlier summons were told the notice was being treated as a second summons and that they had until the end of office hours on Sunday to submit a written defense.

“In the first step, your meal card will be deactivated for one week, and in later stages appropriate decisions will be taken in your absence,” the message said.

Student sources said the messages were sent widely to a large number of students and warned that failure to comply could lead to disciplinary rulings issued without their presence.

Iran and Russia will conduct joint naval drills on Thursday in the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean, IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency reported.

The exercise comes days after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards held military drills in the Strait of Hormuz.

The main goals of the drill include boosting coordination to counter threats to maritime security and combat maritime terrorism, Iranian navy commander Hassan Maghsoodloo said, according to Fars.