Russia Says It Remains in ‘Constant Contact’ With Iran as Strikes Continue

The Kremlin said Monday that it remains in close communication with authorities in Tehran amid escalating attacks by the United States and Israel that have killed dozens of senior Iranian officials, including the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We are in constant contact with the leadership of Iran and are discussing the situation surrounding that country,” President Vladimir Putin’s top spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a briefing. The Kremlinsaid Monday that it remains in close communication with authorities in Tehran amid escalating attacks by the United States and Israel that have killed dozens of senior Iranian officials, including the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Al... [1866 chars]