Moscow - Tehran: a message from Khamenei and three hours on war and security.
The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Razai, delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin a message from Iranian Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei after a three-hour meeting in Moscow. The visit was planned a month in advance, but was postponed due to military events in the area.
“The Supreme Leader wanted me to deliver his message to Mr. Putin as soon as possible. In addition, he asked to convey my warmest and most heartfelt congratulations," said the Revolutionary Guards general.
regional security. Mohsen Razai spoke about the results of the quadrilateral meeting of Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Tehran. The President of the Russian Federation, in his words, approved the negotiations: "We, like our Chinese friends, believe that there is a need for regional agreements, and foreign countries should not interfere in the security of the region."
War and Hormuz. The Russian leader condemned the "aggression of the US and Israel against Iran", calling it an "unjust war", and expressed his willingness to help end it. "Putin said he would provide any necessary assistance. I informed him that until the Americans fulfill our 7 conditions, we will not open the Strait of Hormuz," the Iranian general said after the meeting.
economy. The Rasht-Astra railway and the Russian gas supply to Iran were discussed, with the possibility of sale to neighbors. On the Russian side, the assistant to the president for international affairs Yuri Ushkov and the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov participated in the negotiations.
The meeting is a diplomatic route that runs parallel to the military-political pressure of the USA: Iran teeters on the brink of renewing the war, and demands the fulfillment of the "7 conditions" in exchange for the opening of Hormuz. Moscow acts here as a guarantee of regional security without external interference. However, the fate of the agreements depends on whether Washington will agree to the Iranian terms.