During the official visit of the heads of Russia's defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Tehran Russia and Iran signed an agreement on military cooperation. The Minister stressed that it was important step in the development of interaction of the 2-States in the sphere of defense, as well as increased their defense. The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian-Iranian contacts in the military departments methodically develop, in connection with the signing of an agreement on military cooperation was a logical step. Cooperation in the defense sector brings only flattering results for all participants, and therefore the collaboration decided not only to continue but also to deepen. "A significant step in strengthening such relationships was signing at the present time an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation. Created a theoretical basis for cooperation in the military field," said head of the Ministry of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu. He added that the world powers have agreed to "bilateral cooperation wore more practical trend, contributed to the increase in the combat readiness of the armed forces of our countries." In addition, Shoigu has invited its own colleague from Iran Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan to pay an official visit to Moscow. "I invited the General Dehgan to visit the Russian Federation and to participate in the 4-th Moscow conference on international security, which will be held in early April 2015", - he added. Among other things, the Russian defense Minister expressed hope for continuation of the conversation with Iran during the event, organised by the national party during its chairmanship in the Shanghai cooperation organization. Hossein Dehghan reacted positively to the invitation. According to his statement, organized by the Russian Federation conference "everyone can Express their opinion and views on major issues of international security and regional stability". In 2014, the head of the Iranian military has already visited Moscow and participated in a military conference. In those cases, at the meeting with Sergei Shoigu he announced that Iran is interested in the translation of cooperation with Russia on a new level". After it became known about the signing of the intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation of the Russian Federation and Iran is possible to declare that access to the latest level of interaction did take place.