Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei in Moscow

On Thursday, November 5, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the Kremlin with Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. The Kremlin confirmed the meeting, which was also attended by Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy advisor to the Russian president, and Igor Kostyukov, head of the Russian military intelligence agency (GRU).

Iranian state media reported that Rezaei delivered a message from the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, to President Putin. However, officials have not disclosed the specific contents of this message or the exact purpose of the visit. This meeting followed a prior telephone conversation between Putin and Rezaei that took place just three days earlier, on November 2, 2026.

Observers note that the visit occurs against a backdrop of intensified high-level diplomatic and security coordination between Moscow and Tehran. While the official agenda remains limited, the presence of intelligence leadership suggests that discussions likely focused on regional security developments and the strategic partnership between the two nations.