TEHRAN -- An advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says independent nations need to be on alert over infiltration attempts by the U.S. and NATO, a Western military alliance led by Washington, blaming the pair for a rise in conflicts worldwide.
Ali-Akbar Velayati held a meeting with veteran Russian politician Sergey Baburin, a former deputy at the Russian State Duma, for talks on bilateral Tehran-Moscow ties and regional issues.
Baburin was visiting Tehran to attend an international conference paying homage to Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the U.S. military during an official visit to Iraq in early 2020.
Velayati praised close cooperation between the two states, saying bilateral ties are currently at the “best level” and are further developing.
“America and NATO are the main parties to blame for the spread of conflicts. The world today is no longer unipolar and it is highly significant for independent states to be careful about their infiltration attempts,” he said.
Baburin pointed to close, strategic and further deepening of relations between Iran and Russia in the face of American sanctions.
He said Russia can benefit from Iran’s experiences in neutralizing the effects of the sanctions.