Putin tells Tehran: Russia stands by Iran

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Iranian leaders on Nowruz and said Moscow remained a loyal friend and reliable partner to Tehran, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The extent of Moscow’s support for Iran, though, is in dispute. Some Iranian sources have said that they have had little real help from Moscow in the biggest crisis for Iran since the US-backed Shah was toppled in the 1979 ‌revolution. Putin sent ‌congratulations to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba ‌Khamenei ⁠and Iranian President ⁠Masoud Pezeshkian on the Iranian new year, the Kremlin said.

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