Russia’s Putin holds second phone call in just over a week with Iranian president

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Russia’s Putin holds second phone call in just over a week with Iranian president

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday, the Kremlin said, their second conversation in nine days. In a brief readout of the call, it said the two presidents discussed the situation in Syria — where both have backed President Bashar Assad in a long-running civil war — and cooperation in transport and