Seasonal import of gas from Russia to meet the needs of northern Iran.
Russia can play the role of a gas storage tank for Iran; This means that in the winter season large gas consumers in the north of Iran, including Tehran province, can get the gas they need in sufficient quantity from Russia.
After a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, Mohsen Razai, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, announced in an interview with the national media that Tehran and Moscow are negotiating the possibility of supplying Russian gas to compensate for Iran's internal shortage and then exporting it to neighboring countries.