Wagner coup: Iranian president gives 'full support' to Putin

Iranian president Raisi gives 'full support' to Putin following aborted Wagner mutiny

With Tehran one of the few countries alleged to be militarily supporting Russia's war in Ukraine, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has expressed Iran's 'full support' for his embattled Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

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27 June, 2023

Iran and Russia maintain strong relations but Iran has denied materially supporting Moscow's invasion of Ukraine [Getty]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave "his full support" to Vladimir Putin during a telephone call, the Kremlin announced in a statement on Monday, two days after an aborted mutiny in Russia.

"The Iranian president has expressed his full support for the Russian leadership in connection with the June 24 events," the Kremlin said in an announcement.

After a phone call between Putin and Raisi, the Iranian president's political deputy, Mohammad Jamshidi, quoted the Iranian president in a tweet, saying "the Islamic Republic of Iran supports Russian sovereignty."

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According to the Iranian official, "President Putin explained the events related to the failed mutiny and insisted that such incidents cannot affect Russian sovereignty."

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani, reiterated on Monday that Iran "does not support any side in the war in Ukraine", while the United States and others have provided considerable evidence of Tehran of supplying drones to Moscow and of helping to build a factory to manufacture them, which Tehran denies.