Araghchi hosts Lavrov in Tehran for talks on Europe and Middle East as well as 'economic and nuclear cooperation'; Moscow seeking to prevent renewed fighting between US and Iran
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Tehran on Monday to “discuss de-escalation steps” with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian after the Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) pressured Russia to do more to halt Iran’s attacks on other Middle Eastern countries.
Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over amid deepening tensions with Washington.