Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will arrive in Iran on an official visit and plans to meet with the country's President Masoud Pezeshkian and First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref, the Russian government's press service reported.

According to the Russian government's website, this will be Mishustin's first visit to Iran as Prime Minister.

The talks in Tehran will be the first such high-level Russian-Iranian meeting since Pezeshkian took office, TASS reported.

In mid-September, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu visited Iran and, according to local state media, conveyed a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pezeshkian. A face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two countries is expected at the BRICS summit in Kazan in October.

According to the press service, Mishustin plans to discuss "the entire spectrum of Russian-Iranian cooperation in the trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres." Moscow and Tehran are particularly interested in implementing "major joint projects in the fields of transport, industry, energy, and education, as well as agriculture.

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