Iran and Russia on ways to boost defense cooperation

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shaigo, exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost defense cooperation between Iran and Russia and the latest developments in Syria’s embattled city of Aleppo. They need to continue joint efforts in the campaign against terrorism and other sources of insecurity in the region. Later on the same day, the Defense Ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey were scheduled to hold trilateral talks in the Russian capital on the latest developments about the evacuation of people from Aleppo.