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President Putin has condemned President Trump’s “unprovoked aggression” against Iran which he said was “unjustified”.
Putin shook hands with Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, as they met to discuss the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, as well as recent US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Passing on a message from Ayatollah Khamenei, Aragachi said Iran thanked Russia for being on the “right side of history”.
Earlier, Reuters reported that Khamenei had personally written to Putin to ask for more support from Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed “deep regret” over the “new escalation of tensions in the region,” but dodged a question about whether Russia would offer military support to Iran, saying that any Russian assistance would “depend on what Iran needs”.
11:20 a.m.