5 reasons to watch Rouhani’s visit to Russia - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Hamidreza Azizi

Hamidreza Azizi

Mar 26, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is on an official two-day visit to Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. — Hugo Goodridge, adapted from FACEBOOK/PresRouhani

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a joint news conference following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTX332WO

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Hamidreza Azizi

Hamidreza Azizi

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a meeting in Tehran, Iran November 1, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - UP1EDB10X4U08

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTX331H1

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