Putin Meets Khamenei Adviser to Discuss Iran Nuclear Program at Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin met on 20 July at the Kremlin with a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Russian state media and a Kremlin statement. The two sides discussed Iran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin said, without disclosing further details of the talks or identifying the adviser by name. The meeting underscores continued coordination between Moscow and Tehran on sensitive security and energy issues amid heightened international scrutiny of Iran’s atomic activities.