"Trade balance between Iran and Russia exceeded $155 million in January," the Russian ministry said.
It said that the rise in Iran-Russia trade turnover shows a 98 percent increased as compared with January 2016.
In relevant remarks on Sunday, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee underlined that Tehran and Moscow have boosted their cooperation to a satisfactory level.
"Tehran-Moscow relations are beyond mutual cooperation and even anti-terror cooperation in Syria; the two countries have role-model cooperation in the international arena," Sanayee said.
Iran and Russia diplomacy in Syrian crisis follow reduction of tensions and conflicts, while interferences from outside the region have caused complicated situation in Syria, Libya and Iraq.
The Iranian president arrived in Moscow for an official visit on Monday afternoon.