Gazprom and Iran’s gas company sign memorandum on prospective supplies

Amir-Abdollahian initiated a telephone conversation with Lavrov after Iran’s attack on Israel. The ministers discussed regional escalation and warned against further dangerous actions.

Putin and Raisi spoke by telephone about heightened Middle East tensions and affirmed support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a political settlement of the crisis.

Putin spoke with acting president Mohammad Mokhber after Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Both sides expressed a desire to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation.

State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin attended a commemoration for Raisi in Tehran and conveyed Putin’s message to Iran’s leadership and people.

Acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani met Lavrov in Nizhny Novgorod on the sidelines of the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting, maintaining dialogue during Iran’s leadership transition.

Putin congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian on his election as Iran’s president and expressed support for further bilateral cooperation.

Volodin attended Pezeshkian’s inauguration in Tehran at Putin’s request and held parliamentary discussions with Iranian speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu met President Pezeshkian in Tehran during talks with Iranian leaders on security and bilateral cooperation.

The US imposed sanctions on Iranian and Russian actors, citing Iranian ballistic-missile transfers to Russia. Iran rejected the transfer allegations.

Pezeshkian met Shoigu in Tehran and stated that deeper cooperation with Russia could reduce the impact of sanctions, reaffirming his government’s intention to develop bilateral ties.