The meeting took place on the sidelines of a multinational event in the capital Ashkhabat.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud <a href="https://time.news/iran-6-approved-candidates-for-the-presidential-elections-italy-world/" title="Iran: 6 approved candidates for the presidential elections – Italy-World”>Pezeshkian will meet in Turkmenistan on Friday. According to an adviser from Putin, the meeting will be on the sidelines of a multinational event in the capital Ashkhabad, among other things, about “the situation in the Middle East that is growing strongly”. There is a close relationship between Moscow and Tehran.
The meeting between Putin and Pezeshkian, who has been in office since late July, comes at a time when Israel’s response to Iran’s latest attack on Israel is awaited. Last week, Iran directly attacked Israel with missiles for the second time in six months.
Iran is allied with the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, which Israel has recently engaged in fierce joint attacks. Tehran also supports the Palestinian organization Hamas, with which Israel has been at war since a major attack on Israeli territory a year ago. (APA)