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Iran's security chief discusses regional, bilateral affairs with Putin

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Item 1 of 2 Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iranian security council chief Mohsen Rezaei in Moscow, Russia, November 5, 2026. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Pool via REUTERS [1/2] Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iranian security council chief Mohsen Rezaei in Moscow, Russia, November 5, 2026. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Pool via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian top security official Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, Iran's ​state media reported on Thursday, after Iranian negotiators met ‌with mediators to discuss proposals to end hostilities with the US.

Rezaei delivered a message from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to Putin, ​state media said. Putin's office also said the two met at the ​Kremlin. Sign up here. "Important regional issues were discussed with Mr Putin, and ⁠significant conversations took place regarding the post-war period and regional ​security arrangements," Rezaei said after the meeting, referring to the ​war between Iran and the US. Rezaei said the discussion also focused on the construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to Iran, aimed at ​addressing Iran's gas shortages and enabling Russia to sell its ​gas to Iran's neighbouring countries.

Khamenei said in a written statement on Wednesday there should ‌not ⁠be "even the slightest inclination towards submission" to the United States. Efforts for peace have been focused on the future status of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a US blockade on Iranian ports, ​sanctions on the ​Islamic Republic ⁠and a resumption of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme. A senior Iranian official said this week that ​the two sides remain far apart.

"However, we have ​told him [Putin] ⁠that on the issue of diplomacy, we have announced seven conditions to the Americans, as long as they do not execute ⁠our seven ​conditions we will neither open the ​Strait of Hormuz nor have negotiations," Rezaei added. Reporting by Maxim Rodionov ane Elwely ​Elwelly, writing by Robert Harvey in London; Editing by Nia Williams Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East X Facebook Linkedin Link Purchase Licensing Rights

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Reuters reports that Vladimir Putin met Iran's security council chief Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, that Rezaei carried a message from Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and that they discussed post-war regional security and a gas pipeline. Each claim is attributed to Iranian state media, the Kremlin or Rezaei himself, and the headline matches the body. Nothing in the article misleads its reader.

What it gets right

  • “Iran's ​state media reported on Thursday”

    Reuters attributes the meeting to its source rather than stating it in its own voice. It then confirms it from the Russian side in S5.

  • “a US blockade on Iranian ports”

    Reuters names the actor behind the blockade plainly. It also refers to Tehran's nuclear programme without presupposing it is a weapons programme.

  • “as long as they do not execute ⁠our seven ​conditions we will neither open the ​Strait of Hormuz nor have negotiations”

    Reuters gives Iran's position in Rezaei's own quoted words. It does not paraphrase his stance into a verdict on Iran's intentions.

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