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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday, the Kremlin announced.
The presidents "discussed in detail the aggravated situation in the Middle East" after the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus earlier this month and the retaliatory measures taken by Iran against Israel on Saturday.
Putin expressed hope that all sides would show reasonable restraint and prevent a fall towards a confrontation that could have "catastrophic consequences" for the entire region.
Raisi told Putin that Iran's actions were forced and emphasized Tehran's disinterest in further escalation of tensions, according to the statement from the Kremlin.
The presidents agreed that the root cause of the current events in the Middle East is the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as they called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, alleviating the difficult humanitarian situation in the enclave and creating conditions for a political and diplomatic settlement of the crisis.
They also exchanged views on current issues of Russian-Iranian relations and future bilateral cooperation in various fields, the Kremlin added.