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Iranian Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on 5 November 2026, delivering a message from Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei. The Kremlin said Foreign Policy aide Yuri Ushakov and military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov were also in the Russian delegation, according to an image the Kremlin circulated. Reuters and IRNA both reported the meeting, and the talks come as Russia and Iran deepen military cooperation during the war. No readout of the discussions was included in the reports.