St Petersburg, Russia. 27th Apr, 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, left, before bilateral talks at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, April 27, 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit: Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin Pool/Alamy Live News

abbas araghchi, abbas araqchi, authoritarian, autocrat, bilateral talks, boris yeltsin presidential library, dictatorship, diplomacy, economic decline, economic isolation, foreign affairs secretary, foreign minister, foreign policy, general view, gulf oman, half-length, handshake, hardliner, horizontal, hormuz, indoors, inside, international relations, iran, iran war, iranian, irgc, kazem gharibabadi, kremlin list, kremlin pool, leader, meeting, nationalism, naval blockade, peace talks, persian gulf, political, politician, politics, president, propaganda, putin, revolutionary guards, russia, russian, sanctioned person, secretary foreign affairs, secretary state, seyed abbas araghchi, st petersburg, standing, statesman, strait of hormuz, strategic partnership, totalitarian, trump administration, trumps war, vladimir putin, vladimir vladimirovich putin, waist up, world leader,