--- title: "Iran and Russia's foreign ministers discuss close cooperation" description: "Most outlets reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed unprecedented cooperation between the two countries. Arab News Pakistan highlighted the statement of close ties, while ARY News added context about the visit taking place in Iran and noted it was Lavrov’s first visit since the conflict began." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15383-iran-foreign-minister-says-russia-iran-have-never-worked-so site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Iran and Russia's foreign ministers discuss close cooperation world · updated 20 Oct 2026, 1:17 PM PKT · 20 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed unprecedented cooperation between the two countries. Arab News Pakistan highlighted the statement of close ties, while ARY News added context about the visit taking place in Iran and noted it was Lavrov’s first visit since the conflict began. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **24 News HD** — [Iran FM says Russia, Iran have 'never' worked so closely](https://www.24newshd.tv/20-Oct-2026/iran-fm-says-russia-iran-never-worked-closely) · 20 Oct 2026, 1:17 PM PKT > Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday that Russia and Iran have "never" worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East war. - **ARY News (English)** — [Iran foreign minister says Russia, Iran have ‘never’ worked so closely](https://arynews.tv/iran-foreign-minister-russia-iran-never-worked-so-closely) · 20 Oct 2026, 10:54 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > Araghchi hosted his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Iran on Monday, in his first visit since the outbreak of the conflict... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Iran foreign minister says Russia, Iran have ‘never’ worked so closely](https://www.arabnews.pk/middle-east/iran-foreign-minister-says-russia-iran-have-never-worked-so-closely-3004675) · 20 Oct 2026, 9:27 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expressed unprecedented cooperation between Iran and Russia following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Russian Foreign Minister visits Iran amid Middle East conflict](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15209-russian-fm-to-visit-iran-as-moscow-looks-to-mediate-in-war) · 19 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 72% related - [Russian and Iranian foreign ministers discuss diplomatic resolution to regional tensions](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10586-russia-iran-ministers-stress-diplomatic-solution-to-conflict) · 25 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 71% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 20 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.