Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has said recent high-level talks between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin produced constructive outcomes on major strategic projects, including the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and plans to transfer Russian gas to Iran.

Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, has dismissed claims that Moscow has withdrawn from the Rasht-Astara railway project, terming it “psychological warfare against Tehran-Moscow ties."