Iran-Russia bids to promote multipolarity will boost global security: President
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said collaboration between Iran and Russia in promoting a multipolar world will undoubtedly enhance global security and peace.
“We believe that the era of unilateralism by certain powers, including the United States, is over,” the president told visiting Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Sergei Shoigu. “The alignment of positions and collaboration between Iran and Russia in promoting a multipolar world will undoubtedly enhance global security and peace.”
Pezeshkian described Russia as a “strategic partner” of Iran, stressing that the expansion of relations with Moscow is a top foreign policy priority of his government.
He noted that Russia has been a steadfast ally during Iran’s challenging times and underscored the need to expedite the implementation of agreements reached between the two countries.
The visit by Shoigu comes amid heightened tensions in the region after Israel assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, in Tehran on Wednesday, pushing the region to the brink.
Tehran has vowed that the brazen act of aggression on its soil will not go unanswered.
The Iranian president said on Monday that the assassination of Haniyeh was a blatant violation of international laws and regulations.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is in no way seeking to expand the scope of war and crisis in the region, but certainly this regime will receive a response for its crimes and audacity,” he said.
Shoigu, for his part, congratulated Pezeshkian once again on his election as president of Iran and described the Islamic Republic as a key strategic ally of Russia in the region.
Expressing satisfaction with Russia and Iran’s joint efforts to create a “multipolar world” and ensure regional security, he emphasized that relations between the two allies are growing across all sectors.
Before meeting with Pezeshkian, Shoigu sat down with Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri and Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian.