Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iran’s leadership Wednesday in Tehran as the two Damascus allies push a Syria peace plan and the Kremlin offers its backing for a landmark nuclear deal facing US opposition. Putin held talks with President Hassan Rouhani, before he was due to meet supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Wednesday’s talks will also focus on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which saw sanctions lifted in exchange for limits on Tehran’s atomic programme and which is under pressure from US President Donald Trump. Opposition to USPutin and the Iranian leadership are also set to find common cause in their fierce opposition to Trump’s stance on the 2015 deal to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The lifting of the sanctions under the nuclear deal has opened Iran up for business and Russian firms are competing to bolster their involvement in the country.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 01, 2017 16:18 UTC