The Ukrainian leader, who flew into London earlier Monday, is due to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, among other officials.

“This absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran is unjustified,” Putin said in televised remarks to Araghchi at the start of their meeting.

“Especially the closing of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is something that would be extremely dangerous and not good for anybody,” she warned.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow and strategically vital waterway, considered the world’s most important oil transit choke point. It serves as the only maritime access in the Persian Gulf.

Equipment minister Amedee Koffi Kouakou said Ouattara had made the country “a haven of peace” in an often restive region.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of a “more devastating” retaliation should Israel’s nine-day bombing campaign continue, saying the Islamic republic would not halt its nuclear programme “under any circumstances”.

“This discovery was officially recognised in early June in Milan by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT).”

Israel said Saturday it had killed three Iranian commanders in its unprecedented bombing campaign across the Islamic republic, which Foreign Minister Gideon Saar claimed had already delayed Tehran’s presumed nuclear plans by two years.

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that the thousands of troops deployed to Los Angeles this month were still needed despite a week of relative calm in the protest-hit city.

The contract comes at a moment of tension between Washington and Beijing, with the two sides yet to hash out a long-term trade agreement.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran is the only country without nuclear weapons to enrich uranium to 60 percent.

The Kremlin has said this was to be expected after two years of rapid growth as it ramped up military expenditure.

Other nations that have suspended Tehran embassy operations include Bulgaria, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Portugal, and Switzerland.

Addressing a Security Council session on the war, Guterres said: “We are not drifting toward crisis — we are racing toward it.”

Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual development of young people, saying it could damage their grip on reality.