PM Modi meets Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on sidelines of Brics summit

This was the first meeting between PM Modi and Pezeshkian, who became president in July after winning snap elections.

In Short

• Meeting between PM Modi and Iranian President held at BRICS summit in Kazan
• First meeting since Pezeshkian's election
• Pezeshkian became Iran's president in July

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the margins of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan.

This was the first meeting between PM Modi and Pezeshkian, who became president in July after winning snap elections.