Putin’s Trip to Tehran Aims to Boost Ties With Iran, Turkey

TEHRAN—Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with the leaders of Iran and Turkey on Tuesday in a visit meant to reveal his continued worldwide affect in the course of the invasion of Ukraine.

The summit with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran nominally centered on peace talks within the warfare in Syria, however the dialog among the many three leaders was overshadowed by the disaster in Ukraine. Mr. Putin used the journey to shore up pleasant relations with each Iran and Turkey, and to push again on the worldwide isolation imposed on him by the U.S. and Western allies.