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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

Sergey Lavrov

This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said during a meeting with him (not pictured) in Tehran, on May 29, 2023 (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
April 19, 2025, 3:48 pm
Oman’s sultan to meet Putin in Moscow after Iran-US nuclear talks mediated by Muscat
Visit will follow US-Iran negotiations at Omani embassy in Rome; Tehran has said it wants Moscow to play a role in the process
By Agencies and ToI Staff
IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine at Tehran's Grand Mosque in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 16, 2025, 12:18 pm
Iran Guards chief vows ‘decisive’ reprisal against any attacks, after Trump warning
As US president demands Iran end support for Houthis, IRGC general says the group is ‘the representative of the Yemenis,’ and makes its decisions independently from Tehran
By Agencies
(L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace on February 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
February 18, 2025, 2:36 pm
Top Russian and US officials discuss ending Ukraine war, but Kyiv not at the table
Ukrainian president says his country won’t accept any outcome; European allies fear they could be left out of efforts to resolve Russia’s 3-year-old invasion of neighbor
By Matthew Lee, BARAA ANWER and Dasha Litvinova
Anti-government forces drive in Syria's west-central province of Homs on December 7, 2024, on their way to the city of Homs. (Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 5:23 am
Syrian rebels take Homs, advance into Damascus as Hezbollah ousted from key border city
Fighters from Iran-backed terror group leave al-Qusayr after holding city along important smuggling route since 2013; insurgents enter Damascus in hopes of completing shock blitz
By AP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian walk during their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Maxim Shemetov, Pool Photo via AP)
October 31, 2024, 5:24 pm
Russia says ‘comprehensive’ treaty with Iran will include defense cooperation
FM Lavrov says pact with Tehran to be signed in ‘near future’; ties seen as major threat by US and Israel as Middle East, Ukraine wars escalate
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the 'Palace of justice' in Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
July 19, 2024, 5:42 pm
Russia sentences WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in jail; verdict decried as sham
Newspaper pledges to keep working to help secure release of journalist, who US has declared wrongly detained, as verdict clears way for potential prisoner swap
By Kirill Zarubin
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
July 19, 2024, 11:33 am
Closing arguments begin in Russian trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter faces almost certain conviction in politicized legal system; US blasts ‘wrongful detention,’ says Russia ‘using human beings as bargaining chips’
By Kirill Zarubin
Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira speaks during the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 21, 2024. (MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
February 22, 2024, 10:15 am
After Holocaust remarks, Brazil condemns UN ‘paralysis’ on Gaza at tense G20 meeting
FM says Security Council inability to act shows multilateral institutions not ‘properly equipped’ for challenges; Turkey praises Brazil president’s comparison of Gaza to Holocaust
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin (right) presents her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, January 1, 2024. (Simona Halperin's X account)
February 7, 2024, 2:50 am
Russia summons Israeli ambassador for criticizing Lavrov, Moscow’s ties with Hamas
Russian foreign ministry informs Simona Halperin of its ‘negative reaction’ to interview in which she said the country’s top diplomat downplayed the importance of the Holocaust
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin (right) presents her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, January 1, 2024. (Simona Halperin's X account)
February 5, 2024, 12:31 pm
Russia to summon Israeli envoy over criticism of its Hamas ties, Holocaust distortion
Moscow laments ‘extremely unsuccessful start’ for recently appointed Ambassador Simona Halperin, claims her remarks misrepresent its foreign policy
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan speaks while holding a photo of weapons sent by Iran to Houthi rebels in Yemen that were intercepted by US forces, during a UN Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, on January 23, 2024. (Peter K. Afriyie/AP)
January 24, 2024, 3:25 pm
Israel’s UN envoy swats back at Russia, pointing to Iranian drones in Ukraine
Gilad Erdan says Moscow being hypocritical, rejects calls for ceasefire at Security Council meeting, saying Hamas is bent upon Jewish genocide
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, December 27, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
December 28, 2023, 8:05 pm
Lavrov appears to liken Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
FM praises Netanyahu since ‘he never dared’ to criticize Russia, says Israel’s campaign against Hamas ‘sounds like denazification,’ echoing Moscow’s justification for its war
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Footage purported to show a strike on the Aleppo airport in Syria, October 14, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 31, 2023, 8:17 pm
Moscow calls Israeli strikes in Syria ‘unacceptable,’ ignores rocket fire at Israel
Russia’s FM Lavrov says spread of conflict to neighboring countries ‘impermissible’ after military responded to repeated attacks on Golan Heights since Hamas’s October 7 massacre
By AFP
Members and other leaders attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 30, 2023, 8:32 pm
Iran to join Shanghai alliance with China, Russia next week, says Lavrov
Tehran has intensified its diplomacy in recent months, seeking to reduce its isolation, improve its economy and project strength
By AFP
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Russia, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
April 5, 2023, 10:26 pm
Blinken says he has ‘no doubt’ WSJ reporter ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia
In rare call with Lavrov since Russia invaded Ukraine early last year, Secretary of State also urges him to immediately release another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan
By Matthew Lee
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