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Russian, Iranian foreign ministers say only diplomatic solution to conflict around Iran

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met in New York on September 25 to discuss regional tensions, emphasizing their shared view that only diplomacy can resolve conflicts caused by U.S. and Israeli actions against Iran. Both ministers stressed that there is no alternative to diplomatic solutions and highlighted the strategic partnership signed between Russia and Iran earlier this year, aimed at deepening bilateral ties and defense cooperation without a mutual defense clause.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met in New York on Thursday during the UN General Assembly. They agreed that only a diplomatic solution could resolve tensions in the Middle East caused by the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Both ministers emphasized that illegal actions by the United States and Israel had provoked the crisis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart signed a strategic cooperation agreement in 2025 aimed at deepening bilateral ties, including closer defense collaboration, though it does not include a mutual defense clause. Moscow has supplied Tehran with military expertise and equipment, which Iran appreciates as vital for resisting what they consider hostile actions from the US and Israel.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian signed a strategic cooperation partnership in 2025 which provides for a deepening of bilateral ties and closer defence cooperation, but includes no mutual defence clause.
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🔮 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart met on Thursday and Moscow said both agreed that only a diplomatic settlement could end tension in the Middle East sparked by the US-Israeli war against Iran.
2026-09-25 · The Straits Times
Russian, Iranian foreign ministers say only diplomatic solution to conflict around Iran · mixed framing

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Russian, Iranian foreign ministers say only diplomatic solution to conflict around Iran asserted
ministers → say → Iran
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart met on Thursday and Moscow said both agreed that only a diplomatic settlement could end tension in the Middle East sparked by the US-Israeli war against Iran. uncertain
settlement → meet → Iran
"Current regional and international issues were discussed with emphasis on the situation around Iran," Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement after Lavrov and Iran's Abbas Araqchi met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. asserted
Lavrov → discuss → Assembly
"It was stressed that there is no alternative to a diplomatic settlement of the crisis provoked by the illegal actions of the United States and Israel." asserted
It → stress → States
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian signed a strategic cooperation partnership in 2025 which provides for a deepening of bilateral ties and closer defence cooperation, but includes no mutual defence clause. asserted
which → sign → clause
Each side has provided the other with military know-how and equipment. asserted
side → provide → how
Pezeshkian thanked Vladimir Putin earlier this month for Moscow's position on the Iran war and said together, Moscow and Tehran can resist what he called US "unilateralism". asserted
he → thank → what
Pezeshkian said in an interview published on Thursday that it was up to the US to choose when the Iran war would end, when asked if the conflict could end by the end of the year. uncertain
conflict → say → year
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