Tehran, 19 October. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Tehran, where he will discuss steps to ease tensions in the Gulf with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi; the Russian minister will also be received by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (TASS, Interfax).
The visit comes amid tension in the Strait of Hormuz: on the evening of 18 October the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported an oil tanker striking a naval mine (Anadolu), and Araghchi said the strait would reopen on the sixth day after Iran's conditions, sent to the United States, are met (Tehran Times).
Background: It was announced in advance that Lavrov would come to Iran on 19 October and meet Pezeshkian and Araghchi (OTR).
List of sources used: TASS, Interfax, Anadolu, Tehran Times, OTR
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