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Putin receives Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Rezaei at Kremlin

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Putin receives Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Rezaei at Kremlin

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov also attend meeting

Elena Teslova

05 November 2026•Update: 05 November 2026

MOSCOW CITY

Russian President Vladimir Putin received Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at the Kremlin on Thursday.

“Vladimir Putin received Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, who is currently in Moscow,” the Kremlin said in a statement.

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and Igor Kostyukov, head of Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, also took part in the meeting.

The precise purpose of Rezaei’s visit has not been publicly disclosed. However, it comes amid intensified high-level contacts between Moscow and Tehran, with security cooperation and regional developments high on the agenda.

Just three days before the Kremlin meeting, Putin and Rezaei held a telephone conversation on Nov. 2. According to Iranian state media, they discussed regional and international developments, particularly the situation in West Asia.

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Anadolu Agency reports that Vladimir Putin received Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, names the Russian officials present, and notes a phone call between the two three days earlier. It attributes its information to the Kremlin and to Iranian state media and says plainly that the purpose of the visit had not been disclosed. Nothing in it misleads the reader.

What it gets right

  • “the Kremlin said in a statement”

    The article ties its account of the meeting to the Kremlin's own statement rather than asserting details in its own voice.

  • “The precise purpose of Rezaei’s visit has not been publicly disclosed.”

    The article states what was not known at the time instead of inventing a motive for the visit, which later coverage shows was only made public afterwards.

  • “According to Iranian state media”

    The article marks the content of the phone call as Iranian state media's account, so the reader knows whose version it is.

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