Iranian President will go to Moscow to meet with Putin; Russia expresses willingness to mediate conflicts in the Middle East

(Central News Agency, Tehran, comprehensive foreign news report on the 24th) Iranian media reported that President Massoud Pezeshkian will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week.

Tasnim News Agency quoted Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador to Russia, as saying: "The president of Iran will go to Moscow to attend the summit of natural gas exporters on October 27."

The report quoted Jalali as saying that the two leaders would discuss economic cooperation and "geopolitical issues."

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, relations between Russia and Iran, which face the world's most severe sanctions, have become closer.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Iran this week, his first visit since the outbreak of the Middle East war. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized that cooperation between Iran and Russia is closer than before.

Negotiations between Washington and Tehran have been stalled for months, while the United States and Israel have threatened to resume attacks on Iran. Putin said earlier this month that Russia was ready to participate in mediation to end the war launched by the United States and Israel in February.