Putin meets Khamenei’s high adviser Larijani for nuclear talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a shock assembly with Ali Larijani, high adviser to Iran’s supreme chief on nuclear points, to debate Tehran’s nuclear programme within the Kremlin on Sunday (July 20, 2025).

Moscow has a cordial relationship with Iran’s clerical management and offers essential backing for Tehran however didn’t swing forcefully behind its associate even after the U.S. joined Israel’s large bombing marketing campaign on Iran in June.

Mr. Larijani “conveyed assessments of the escalating state of affairs within the Middle East [West Asia] and across the Iranian nuclear programme”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated of the unannounced assembly.

Mr. Putin had expressed Russia’s “well-known positions on the best way to stabilise the state of affairs within the area and on the political settlement of the Iranian nuclear programme”, he added.

Separately, a German diplomatic supply stated on Sunday (July 20, 2025) that Britain, France and Germany are planning to carry recent talks with Iran on its nuclear programme within the coming days.

Iran’s Tasnim information company additionally reported that Tehran had agreed to carry talks with the three European international locations, citing an unnamed supply.

Last week, Russia slammed a narrative by U.S. information outlet Axios, citing nameless sources that stated Mr. Putin had “inspired” Iran to simply accept a take care of the United States that will stop the Islamic republic from enriching uranium.

Iran has constantly denied looking for a nuclear weapon, whereas defending its “legit rights” to the peaceable use of atomic vitality.