Russian President Vladimir Putin took two surprising steps on Sunday. On the first hand, he agreed to peace talks to end the ukraine war, while on the other hand, he held an undeclared meeting with ali Larijani, nuclear advisor to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah ali Khamenei, at his official residence Kremlin. This meeting was not pre-planned, and happened suddenly.
Putin's offer of peace talks is being considered a strategy to pacify US President Donald Trump, who is constantly putting pressure on Russia. But, by holding a secret meeting with Larijani, Putin has created new problems for America.
Russia-Iran relations
Russia and Iran's religious leadership have always had cordial relations. moscow has constantly supported Tehran. However, when the recent 12-day Israel-Iran war took place and America attacked Iran's nuclear bases, russia did not intervene militarily. Despite this, it provided diplomatic support before and after.
Discussion on the Middle east and nuclear crisis
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was an unannounced meeting in which ali Larijani shared with Putin his assessment of the "deteriorating situation in the Middle east and the Iranian nuclear program." Peace in the region and a political solution to the Iranian nuclear program were also discussed between Putin and Larijani.
Plan to negotiate with european countries
According to a German diplomatic source, Britain, france and germany are planning to renegotiate with iran on its nuclear program in the coming days. Iran's Tasnim news Agency has also confirmed, citing an unnamed source, that Tehran has agreed to the proposal.
Russia's objection to US media report
Last week, russia criticized a report by US news agency Axios, which said that Putin had persuaded iran to enter into an agreement with the US, which would stop Iran's uranium enrichment. iran has consistently said that its nuclear program is peaceful and it does not want to make nuclear weapons.
Joint exercise of the Navy of russia and Iran
Amidst all this development, russia and iran are going to start a three-day naval exercise CASAREX 2025 in the Caspian sea from monday 21 July. This is an exercise based on search and rescue. Along with the navies of both the countries, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will also participate in it.

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