Razai and Putin discuss the regional situation in a phone call as part of high-level consultations between Iran and Russia and following recent meetings of senior officials, Mohsen Razai, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the current regional and global situation by phone, with special emphasis on West Asia. Appreciation was expressed for the explicit positions of Putin and other Russian officials praising the role of the "martyred leader of the revolution" and other national heroes, and supporting the stability of the Iranian peoples. Both sides emphasized the continuation of strategic cooperation based on the road map drawn up by the senior leaders of the two countries.