Putin Urges End to Hostilities in Call With Iran’s Pezeshkian

Smoke rises from an airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on March 6.

Photographer: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the need for an immediate halt to hostilities in the Middle East during a phone call Friday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

During the call, Putin offered his condolences over the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, the report said.