Iran and Russia are natural energy partners as both countries work to advance their objectives under sanctions pressure, a Gazprom official said in Tehran. Sergei Lasutenko, a representative from Russian energy company Gazprom, was in Tehran to attend an international energy exhibition. Iran said it expects foreign investors to flock to the country as sanctions pressures ease, though the Gazprom delegate said Iranian and Russian ties are aligned in part because of Western economic measures. “Russia is sanctioned too, so we have some joint interests to discuss,” he said. “I look over the Iranian market and we know Iran has great experiences in working in these sanctions conditions.” Iran is limited to about 1 million barrels of oil exports under a sanctions regime enacted in […]