Russian President Vladimir Putin has held meetings in Iran, seeking to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow's challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding campaign in Ukraine.In only his second trip abroad since Russian tanks rolled into its neighbour in February, Putin on Tuesday met Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on pressing issues facing the region.They included the conflict in Syria and a UN-backed proposal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain to ease the global food crisis.
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