Iran’s Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday introduced he’ll journey to Moscow within the coming hours for pressing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, shortly after the USA launched airstrikes in opposition to three Iranian nuclear websites.
Araghchi emphasised the “strategic partnership” between Iran and Russia. “We at all times seek the advice of with one another and coordinate our positions,” he informed reporters in Istanbul, based on media reviews.
Russia is a detailed ally of Iran. Tehran equipped Moscow with army drones to strike Ukraine and, in return, has obtained assist with its civilian nuclear program. The Kremlin has additionally maintained heat relations with Israel.
Israel had been lobbying the U.S. for months to get entangled within the army effort in opposition to Iran’s nuclear program, stepping up the marketing campaign after it launched unilateral strikes on Iran’s nuclear websites earlier this month.
Amid the efforts at a negotiated settlement over Tehran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin has persistently voiced sturdy opposition to any notion of regime change in Iran. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov lately referred to as such discussions “unacceptable” and warned that the assassination of Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would “open the Pandora’s field,” resulting in extremism inside the nation
