Kazan:Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad of Iran and his Russian counterpart, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gutsan, have stressed the importance of expanding judicial cooperation between their countries. The two officials highlighted the need for strengthening both bilateral and multilateral legal ties.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, Movahedi-Azad is attending the 24th Meeting of Prosecutors General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states held in Kazan, Russia. During the meeting, he and Gutsan discussed enhancing judicial collaboration and international cooperation frameworks.

Movahedi-Azad expressed gratitude for Russia's support and criticized the actions of the United States and Israel against Iran, labeling them as violations of legal and international norms. He noted the SCO meeting as a platform to challenge Western unilateralism, lamenting that international organizations are being unduly influenced by the U.S. and Israel, even to the point of sanctioning international court judges.

Gutsan highlighted the shared approaches of Iran and Russia and the necessity of cooperation in tackling drug trafficking and illegal migration through a joint working group. He also underscored the expansion of legal and judicial collaboration under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, emphasizing the protection of Iranian and Russian citizens' rights abroad as a key focus of their bilateral efforts.