
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets Sergey Lavrov in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that cooperation between Iran and Russia has never been closer, during a meeting in Tehran with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
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Iran and Russia hold diplomatic and military talks amid rising global geopolitical tensions.
“Never in our history have Iran and Russia cooperated as closely as now.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote this on his X account, posting the official photo of the meeting with his Russian counterpart Serghei Lavrov yesterday in Tehran.
"In conversation with my friend, President Trump, after he announced his support for my election bid. Together we will eliminate the Iranian threat forever!" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote this on X, publishing a video of the phone call.
At least 50 people have died in Houthi attacks on a government forces camp in Yemen. This was reported by a government source.
Five deaths, including two children, is the toll from the latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported this to Al Jazeera.
“The United States, Israel and all those who support their state terrorism will bear full responsibility for the consequences of any further aggression, including the risk of an unpredictable and uncontrollable escalation of tensions.” This was stated by the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Gholamhossein Darzi, in a letter to the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and to the Security Council.
According to the IRNA news agency, in his letter Darzi urged the UN to condemn the "incessant" threats from the United States and Israel regarding new attacks, including those with the 'mother of all bombs' and to convene an emergency meeting to assess the situation.
Meanwhile, Revolutionary Guards security advisor Mohammadreza Naghdi said that "if the US launches a ground attack, many of its troops will be captured by Iran, and then the US will be forced to raise the white flag."
“Never in our history have Iran and Russia cooperated as closely as now.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote this in a post on X, following the talks he had in Tehran with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
The two held talks on Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine and Yemen, with an emphasis on "expanding economic and nuclear cooperation."
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