Leader’s aide, Putin meet on regional issues, nuclear program

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Ali Larijani, top adviser to Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on situation in Middle East and Iranian nuclear program, among other issues.
Larijani "conveyed assessments of the escalating situation in the Middle East and around the Iranian nuclear program," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said of the unannounced meeting.
Putin expressed Russia's "well-known positions on how to stabilize the situation in the region and on the political settlement of the Iranian nuclear program," he added.
No further details were immediately available about the surprise visit by Larijani to Moscow.
Iran and Russia enjoy a close diplomatic and political relationship.
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