Putin meets Khamenei's top adviser Larijani for nuclear talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a astonishment gathering with Ali Larijani, apical advisor to Iran’s ultimate person connected atomic issues, to sermon Tehran’s atomic programme successful the Kremlin connected Sunday (July 20, 2025).

Moscow has a cordial narration with Iran’s clerical enactment and provides important backing for Tehran but did not plaything forcefully down its spouse adjacent aft the U.S. joined Israel’s monolithic bombing run connected Iran successful June.

Mr. Larijani “conveyed assessments of the escalating concern successful the Middle East [West Asia] and astir the Iranian atomic programme”, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said of the unannounced meeting.

Mr. Putin had expressed Russia’s “well-known positions connected however to stabilise the concern successful the portion and connected the governmental colony of the Iranian atomic programme”, helium added.

Separately, a German diplomatic root said connected Sunday (July 20, 2025) that Britain, France and Germany are readying to clasp caller talks with Iran connected its atomic programme successful the coming days.

Iran’s Tasnim quality bureau besides reported that Tehran had agreed to clasp talks with the 3 European countries, citing an unnamed source.

Last week, Russia slammed a communicative by U.S. quality outlet Axios, citing anonymous sources that said Mr. Putin had “encouraged” Iran to judge a woody with the United States that would forestall the Islamic republic from enriching uranium.

Iran has consistently denied seeking a atomic weapon, portion defending its “legitimate rights” to the peaceful usage of atomic energy.