Iran’s president thanks Putin for Russia’s stance during war with US
Moscow has massively deepened military and economic ties with Iran since launching its own full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
At the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow's stance during the recent war in the Middle East. Pezeshkian thanked Putin for his positions both during the period of fighting and aggression and under normal circumstances when the US was imposing sanctions on Iran.
He emphasized that their relationship is strategic, not ordinary. The two presidents reviewed bilateral relations and discussed ways to strengthen and expand cooperation in various fields. The Iran-US war began on February 28, following US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior military officials.
Iran responded with attacks across the region, blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global energy route, while the US imposed a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports. A ceasefire on April 8 ended the most intense fighting, but sporadic attacks near the Hormuz Strait have complicated prospects for a final peace. The US has since adopted an economic blockade of Iran.
In a recent meeting in St. Petersburg, Putin assured Iran's foreign minister that Moscow would do everything to help achieve peace in the Middle East.
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