The two leaders will discuss options for further expanding
ties between Moscow and Tehran, including in the trade and investment,
transport and logistics, and humanitarian spheres, the Kremlin said.
Putin and Pezeshkian will also talk about regional and
international issues, it added.
Russia has developed closer ties with Iran and other countries
hostile towards the United States, such as North Korea, since the start of the
Ukraine war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in October last
year that Moscow and Tehran intended to sign the strategic partnership pact
which would include closer defence cooperation.
The United States accused Tehran in September last year of
delivering close-range ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine,
and imposed sanctions on ships and companies it said were involved in
delivering Iranian weapons. Tehran denies providing Moscow with the missiles.
