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Update: Iran's president goes to Moscow to meet Putin as Qatar tells Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz

Published 6:00 AM CT, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · Updated 6:16 AM CT
In the 6 AM CT update

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Qatar's emir in Moscow on Tuesday and is set to meet Vladimir Putin later in the day, after saying "the current insecurity that the US has created around the world must end," Iran International reported. Qatar's foreign ministry said Iran must show good intentions, stop threats against Gulf states and open the Strait of Hormuz for mediation to succeed, and Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Fox News reported, citing Reuters. Energy firm Kpler projects that Iran's seaborne oil revenue could dry up by mid-December under the U.S. naval blockade, Fox News reported.

• Iran
• Masoud Pezeshkian
• Vladimir Putin
• Russia
• Qatar
• Strait of Hormuz
• Naval blockade
• Mohsen Rezaei
• Mojtaba Khamenei
• Iran oil
• National security