Volodin attends Pezeshkian’s inauguration in Tehran

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.

Gazprom and the National Iranian Gas Company signed a strategic memorandum to develop arrangements for pipeline supplies of Russian natural gas to Iran.

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

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.

Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin held talks with Iranian first vice-president Mohammad Reza Aref in Tehran, discussing economic cooperation and transport infrastructure.

Putin and Pezeshkian held talks in Ashgabat during an international forum, maintaining presidential dialogue on bilateral relations and regional developments.