Lavrov in Tehran... Hot Files on the Moscow-Iran Table

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is heading to Tehran on Monday for a visit that falls within ongoing consultations between Iran and Russia, aimed at following up on the implementation of bilateral agreements and discussing regional and international developments. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baqaei announced that the visit comes within these consultations, while Iran's ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, stressed that close interaction between the two countries is based on a policy of maintaining and strengthening peace, stability and security in their regional surroundings, noting that Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin met last week in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, for the third time in one month.