In a meeting with the Russian ambassador to Iran and a delegation of Russian journalists, the director of Fars News Agency, Seyed Nezamoldin Mousavi, said that the United States is a common threat facing both Russia and Iran and emphasized the need to for media cooperation between the two countries to counter Western influence.

“Iran and Russia have historically shared goals that have had many ups and downs, geographical borders and historical relations which we are all aware of today,” Mousavi said, adding, “Today there is a common threat against independent countries and in this field, and we have to put diplomatic pleasantries aside.”

Mousavi continued, “Today there is one particular power in the name of America, which is a common threat for Iran and Russia. The way America behaves with Iran it also behaves with Russia.”

He went on, “America, to spread its hegemony, cannot accept any independent power, and it confronts independent countries and people. … It uses common tools, such as democracy, human rights, sanctions, color and velvet revolutions, and the use of extremist groups.