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Russia will boost ties with Iran, Kremlin says

AL-Monitor
Oct 20, 2025
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif passes by the Iranian and Russian flags before meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran April 13, 2021. Iran's Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif passes by the Iranian and Russian flags before meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran April 13, 2021. Iran's Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS — WANA NEWS AGENCY

(Reuters) -Russia is prepared to expand cooperation with Iran in all areas, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Moscow has close relations with Tehran and condemned U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites earlier this year that were carried out with the stated aim of preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)