“Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, made an unannounced visit to Moscow on January 30 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the deployment of American forces in the Middle East.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Ali Larijani and Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin Source: Russian edition The Moscow Times with reference to the press service of the Kremlin
Details: The visit of the representative of Tehran became known after the fact from the message of the Kremlin, which did not disclose the details of the negotiations. Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali noted that the parties discussed “important regional and international issues” as well as the expansion of bilateral cooperation.
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The meeting took place against the background of reports of US preparations for a military operation against the regime in Iran. The US Navy is already in a combat position: an aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived in the region, and one of the destroyers has docked in the Israeli port of Eilat. In addition, the F-15E multipurpose fighter jets are on standby at the base in Jordan.
According to the data The New York TimesDonald Trump was presented with a number of military scenarios that include strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the possible landing of special forces. The US president demands that Tehran sign a new nuclear deal, threatening an operation the scale of which will exceed “Northern hammer” in June 2025.
The Institute of Science and International Security reported on January 29 that satellite images the beginning of Iran’s backfilling of the entrances to the tunnels at the nuclear facility in Isfahan was recorded, which indicates preparations for the bombings.
What preceded:
- The Iranian regime during brutal suppression of anti-government protests killed at least 16,500 people and injured more than 330,000. Mass murders take place in conditions of total shutdown of the Internet and telephone communication.
- January 11 Trump Iran publicly warnedthat the US would “step in” and help the protesters win their freedom if the ayatollah’s regime resorted to deadly violence against the demonstrators.
- On January 28, US President Donald Trump reported about the approach of a large-scale American fleet to the shores of Iran and called on Tehran to immediately sit down at the negotiating table to conclude a nuclear agreement, threatening a large-scale strike.
- The day before, it became known that the aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy is led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in the waters of the Indian Oceanentering the area of responsibility of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
- Earlier, the media reported that Trump had received numerous reports from American intelligence that the regime in Iran is in the weakest position since the 1979 revolution.