Overview
- Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Russia supports strengthening relations with Iran during talks with First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Aref in Moscow.
- Aref urged Russia to raise the level of security cooperation to help protect Iran's critical infrastructure.
- He said Tehran is ready to speed implementation of cooperation on international information security, with a bilateral agreement moving through internal procedures.
- The two countries already operate under a 2021 information security pact that took effect in 2024 and coordinate related policy in the UN, BRICS and the SCO.
- Aref proposed holding the next Russian–Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in Iran on February 16–18, 2026.