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\n TEHRAN
\nIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday that Russia and Iran have \u201cnever\u201d worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East war. Araghchi hosted his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Iran on Monday, in his first visit since the outbreak of the conflict.
\n\u201cWe covered everything from Europe to West Asia, including Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine and Yemen. Also focused on expansion of economic and nuclear cooperation,\u201d Araghchi wrote on X. \u201cNever in our history have Iran and Russia worked as closely as now.\u201d Lavrov said ahead of the visit that Moscow\u2019s efforts \u201caimed at preventing the return of a large-scale war,\u201d with talks stalled between the United States and Iran. His visit came after Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
cooperation TEHRAN Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday that Russia and Iran have \u201cnever\u201d worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East war. Araghchi hosted his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Iran on Monday, in his first visit since the outbreak of the conflict. \u201cWe covered everything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n