Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday predicted no changes in relations with Russia during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev.

"Iran and Russia and two old neighbours and their relations should naturally be united and therefore I predict no changes," Ahmadinejad told a press conference in Tehran.

"Furthermore, global developments and our common stances on several issues will push both states towards further deepening bilateral ties," Ahmadinejad added.

He also declared readiness to visit the new Russian president in Moscow and invited Medvedev to Tehran.

Asked whether Iran should not complain to Russia about having voted in favour of a United Nations Security Council resolution against Iran for having defied to suspend uranium enrichment, Ahmadinejad said Russia was under pressure from the other council member states.

"Our nuclear stance is clear and we believe that Russia voted due to pressure - relations with Russia will however not be affected (by the new resolution)," the president said.

Although Moscow is cooperating with Tehran on a light-water reactor in the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, Russia voted last March in favour of a third UN Security Council resolution, including harsher financial sanctions, against the Islamic state. (dpa)