October 21, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, revealed the content of the talks he held with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in the capital, Tehran, noting that they dealt with broad regional and international issues, most notably the situations in Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine, and Yemen.
Araqchi explained, in a post on the “X” platform, that the meeting took place at an “appropriate time” and covered issues extending geographically from the European continent to the West Asian region, indicating that the two sides also discussed ways to enhance and expand the horizons of joint cooperation between the two countries in the economic and nuclear fields.
The Iranian minister stressed that bilateral relations between Tehran and Moscow have reached an “unprecedented” level of rapprochement, pointing out that the two countries have never witnessed such close cooperation in their history as it exists at the present time.
These talks come in light of the ever-increasing coordination between Tehran and Moscow regarding various regional and international files, in parallel with the keen desire of both parties to consolidate their strategic partnership politically, economically and nuclear.
