This time, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has sent his chief advisor, Ali Larijani, to meet with Kremlin owner Vladimir Putin. According to Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Larijani’s meeting with Putin was carried out under the direct instruction of Iran’s leadership. It’s interesting to wonder: when the Supreme Leader sends his advisors to meet with the Kremlin chief, does he inform the president about the purpose?

Axar.az reports that these remarks were made by political analyst Elkhan Shahinoglu.

He stated that it is clear from the Iranian Constitution that the key figure is the Supreme Leader:

“But still, the foreign minister, who is subordinate to the Iranian president, is responsible for the country’s foreign policy. We saw the difference between parallel structures in Iran when it comes to their stance on Azerbaijan. While Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, made no objections against Azerbaijan in his statements, the Supreme Leader’s foreign policy advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, just a few days ago, during a meeting with Pakistan’s interior minister, voiced complaints about Azerbaijan. What’s interesting here is — why did the advisor express Iran’s complaints about Azerbaijan to a Pakistani minister? Pakistan is a strategic partner of Azerbaijan, and Islamabad is not going to echo Velayati’s objections.’ It seems Velayati was trying to indirectly deliver the Supreme Leader’s grievances to Baku through Pakistan. However, since those ‘objections’ are illogical, Baku has ignored them. Baku’s counterpart is not Qom, but Tehran,” he concluded.