Iran’s foreign minister to ask Putin for military aid during Moscow visit – Reuters

Reuters reported the information, citing its own sources.

According to a senior official familiar with the matter, Araghchi is expected to deliver a letter from Khamenei to Putin regarding increased Russian support. The sources noted that Tehran is “not impressed” with Moscow’s current level of assistance and wants the Kremlin to do more.

So far, Putin has condemned Israel’s strikes on Iran, but he has remained silent on the American airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22.

On June 18, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Putin should first end the war Russia launched in Ukraine before positioning himself as a mediator in the Middle East conflict.

U.S. strikes on Iran

On June 20, President Trump gave Iran’s ruling leadership a two-week deadline to abandon its nuclear program, saying that until then, the U.S. would refrain from formally entering the war on Israel’s side.

In the early hours of June 22, 2025, Trump announced U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities. The strikes targeted sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei condemned the action, calling it a "betrayal of diplomacy" by the Trump administration and vowed that Tehran would exercise its right to self-defense.

Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President JD Vance stated that the United States is now actively dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, which has been “significantly rolled back.”

Later, Trump commented on the potential for regime change in Iran, saying that if its leadership cannot "make the country great," change may be inevitable.