Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (right) and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov are seen during a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran. (EPA Images pic)TEHRAN: Iranian president Massoud Pezeshkian will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, Iranian media reported.
Pezeshkian is due to visit Russia for a meeting of gas-exporting countries.
Russia and Iran, two of the most sanctioned nations on earth, have grown closer together in the years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
"The Iranian president will visit Moscow to attend the summit of gas-exporting countries that will take place on Tuesday, Oct 27," the Tasnim news agency reported, citing Tehran's ambassador to the country, Kazem Jalali.
