Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov travelled to Tehran on Monday, 19 October, on a working visit, his first trip to Iran since the United States and Israel attacked the country. He is due to be received by President Masoud Pezeshkian and to hold talks with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the talks will focus on the situation in the Persian Gulf and on ways out of the acute international crisis that Moscow blames on what it calls the unlawful US and Israeli aggression against Iran. Lavrov has said Moscow's efforts are aimed at preventing a return to a wider war.
The two ministers are also expected to review how agreements reached by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pezeshkian at their meetings in Bishkek on 1 September and in Avaza on 8 October are being implemented. They will also discuss trade, investment and major joint transport and energy projects.
Russia says this is the fourth face-to-face meeting between the two foreign ministers this year, in addition to 14 telephone calls. Lavrov last visited Tehran in February 2025, weeks after the two countries signed a 20-year comprehensive strategic partnership treaty in Moscow that January.
The visit comes as tensions between Iran and the United States have risen again, after US President Donald Trump warned that Washington could "finish the job" and Iranian officials responded sharply.
Iran is Afghanistan's western neighbour and is home to a large number of Afghan migrants, so developments in the region also affect Afghanistan's trade and the lives of Afghan migrants.
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