State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin to visit Iran on January 23

On January 23, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin is expected to visit Tehran, reported RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the public relations department of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Sadekiyan.

According to Sadekiyan, Volodin will arrive in Iran at the head of a delegation from the lower house of the Russian parliament. The speaker of the State Duma will meet with his Iranian counterpart Muhammad Baqer Ghalibaf and other officials of the country. The head of the public relations department of the Iranian parliament said that the focus would be on accelerating the implementation of the agreements concluded between the countries in the areas of transit, investment, energy, and business.

A meeting of the highest commission on parliamentary cooperation between Iran and Russia will also be held.

December 26, 2022 RIA Novosti, citing a source reportedthat Volodin plans to visit Iran in January 2023 and hold a meeting there with the President of the Republic, Ibrahim Raisi. December 28 edition with reference to Sadekian reportedthat the Iranian side already has a program for the visit of the speaker of the Russian parliament to the country. At the same time, Sadekiyan added that the exact date of the visit “has not been determined.”

January 17, 2023 at the first plenary meeting of the spring session in the State Duma Volodin reminded on official visits of representatives of the lower chamber to Iran and Turkmenistan.

January 19 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian declared Turkish TV channel TRT World that despite “excellent relations with Moscow”, the country does not recognize the entry into Russia of Crimea and four new regions.