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Iran tells Putin cooperation makes US-sanctioned countries 'stronger'

Russia President Vladmir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand on September 15, 2022.

Photo credit: AFP

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them "stronger".

"The relationship between countries that are sanctioned by the US, such as Iran, Russia or other countries, can overcome many problems and issues and make them stronger," Raisi said in a meeting with Putin in Uzbekistan.