21-07-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Senior Advisor to Iranian supreme leader meets Putin, discusses nuke programme
Tehran/Moscow, July 21 (UNI) Ali Larijani, senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss relations between Moscow and Tehran, as well as conveyed a message to him from the Iranian leadership,
Received yesterday by Putin himself, Larijani conveyed Tehran's assessments of the situation in the Middle East and around the Iranian nuclear programme, as per Iran International..
In his meeting with Larijani, Putin reaffirmed Russia's support for a political resolution to concerns over Iran's nuclear activities, regional stability in the Middle East, as well as bilateral relations between the two countries, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Putin's remarks came almost a month after the end of Israel's 12-day military campaign against Iran, a conflict that has greatly increased Tehran's concerns about future strikes and sparked widespread criticisms in Iran about Russia's alleged failure to support its ally.
"During his visit to Moscow, Larijani conveyed to president Putin a message from the Iranian leadership with the Islamic Republic's general positions and views on the situation in the Middle East, global processes, and bilateral relations. He had a good meeting with Putin.
'A wide range of topical issues were discussed, including both the bilateral agenda and the situation in the Middle East over the past three to four weeks," Baghaei said. UNI ANV SSP
