On May 14, 2012, the Iranian branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences held a scientific conference "Peculiarities of the Iranian policy during the Presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad". It was attended by representatives of scientific and educational institutions - Institute of International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IMEMO, RISI, MGI (U)Ministry of Defense, as well as practical organizations in Moscow and the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation, the Moscow Office of the International Foundation for Iranian Studies. During the conference, a wide range of issues related to the internal political problems of modern Iran, the economic and cultural policy of the country's leadership, and certain aspects of its social development were discussed. The main trends in Iran's foreign policy were analyzed, including in US-Iranian relations and in connection with the "Arab Spring", as well as in the assessments of Turkish experts. Russia-Iran, Pakistan-Iran and Iran's relations with the Central Asian region received special coverage. Mohsen Heidarnia, head of the recently opened representative office of the International Foundation for Iranian Studies in Moscow, spoke at the beginning of the morning session and noted that the organization he heads attaches great importance to Iranian studies in Russia, which dates back more than 200 years. He stressed the importance of tens of thousands of Iran-related manuscripts and archival documents stored in Russian libraries and collections, as well as a large number of Iranian works. The Foundation's task is to present them to the Iranian scientific community. The speaker focused on such important aspects of the Foundation's activities as the organization of the Congress of Iranists of the Russian Federation in October 2011 on the basis of the Institute of Islamic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the publication of a collection of materials ... Читать далее