The collection contains articles written on the basis of reports and discussion speeches of conference participants - "Iran and the West" and "Iran in the region." The presented articles give a fairly complete picture of the views of not only Russian, but also Iranian researchers on the processes currently taking place in the most explosive region of the world - in the Near and Middle East, and on Iran's place in these processes. The accelerated development of relations between Iran and Russia in recent years, the increased interest shown by Russian society in Iran make this book extremely relevant.