Moscow, April 6 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Sunday, with both sides stressing the urgent need to stop attacks on key infrastructure amid rising tensions around Iran.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, "The Ministers stressed the importance of immediately ceasing the reckless and illegal attacks on civilian, industrial & energy infrastructure, including the Bushehr NPP [Nuclear Power Plant]."

The statement said that "on behalf of Russia, Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that efforts taken by certain countries to de-escalate tensions around Iran would succeed for the sake of a lasting and sustainable normalisation of the situation in the Middle East, whereby the U...