Russian pilots can no longer fly in Iran

It was reported that the Iran transport minister has said that the Islamic Republic is sending home all Russian pilots and they can no longer fly for Iranian Airlines. The minister has said that terminating all foreign pilots flying in Iran was on their agenda. It seems in March the Iranian President had asked to expel all foreign pilots flying in the country. Following this the transport minister had also hinted that their current fleet of Russian made Tupolev 154 will also be replaced very shortly, but did not reveal any details of which make are they looking to replace with.