{"id":86054,"date":"2026-04-27T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/86054\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:23:11","slug":"putin-meets-with-iranian-foreign-minister-pledges-support-to-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/86054\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin meets with Iranian foreign minister, pledges support to Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured Tehran of Moscow&#8217;s continued support during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in St Petersburg on Monday, Russian state media reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking at the Presidential Library in the Russian city, Putin said he had received a message last week from Iran\u2019s leadership and reaffirmed that Russia and Iran would continue their strategic partnership, according to the Interfax news agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Araghchi said ties between Tehran and Moscow were at their highest level and would continue to strengthen. He thanked Russia for its support, according to a Russian translation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Putin also expressed hope for a swift peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We see how bravely and heroically the Iranian people are fighting for their independence and sovereignty,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We will do everything that serves their interests and the interests of all peoples in the region so that peace can be achieved as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said separately that a return to full-scale hostilities would be in neither Tehran\u2019s interest nor that of the global economy, adding that Russia stood ready to mediate in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier, Araghchi had visited Islamabad to pass on Tehran\u2019s conditions for ending the war to the United States via Pakistani mediators. There are currently no direct negotiations between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia is considered an ally of Iran but has not openly provided military support. Moscow has recently reiterated its offer to take custody of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium, while a key US demand remains that Tehran abandon any pursuit of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It remains unclear when, and even if, there will be a new round of negotiations between Iran and the US in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of their meeting in Saint Petersburg. -\/Kremlin\/dpa\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5981f96b6e270cb845e1fa69f04e7963.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of their meeting in Saint Petersburg. -\/Kremlin\/dpa<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Saint Petersburg. -\/Kremlin\/dpa\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bc02d9f734d866b746809307efd9ae75.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Saint Petersburg. -\/Kremlin\/dpa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured Tehran of Moscow&#8217;s continued support during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[211,34,9846,30668,69,1976],"class_list":{"0":"post-86054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-abbas-araghchi","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iranian-foreign-minister","11":"tag-saint-petersburg","12":"tag-tehran","13":"tag-vladimir-putin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116477598268563912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}