Pezeshkian thanks Putin for Russian support during the war in the Middle East

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow's position during the war in the Middle East, in their first meeting since the outbreak of the conflict.

“We appreciate and thank you for your positions at every stage, both during the period when the fighting and acts of aggression occurred, and under normal circumstances, when the United States imposed sanctions on us, both at the United Nations and in international forums,” Pezeshkian told Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan. "This shows that ours is a strategic relationship; it is not an ordinary relationship," he added.