{"id":"1793120529935-news-show_open","slug":"putin-meets-iran-s-president-in-moscow","title":"Putin meets Iran's President in Moscow","summary":"Vladimir Putin met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow on October 27 on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum; they discussed bilateral relations and the Middle East.","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T17:02:09.935Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Vladimir Putin met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow on October 27 on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum; they discussed bilateral relations and the Middle East.\nSource: [ria.ru](https://ria.ru/20261027/putin-2127364533.html), [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/27/iran-war-live-iran-says-us-not-serio (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2115119660056387847)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Vladimir Putin met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow on October 27 on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum; they discussed bilateral relations and the Middle East.","sourceName":"[ria.ru](https://ria.ru/20261027/putin-2127364533.html), [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/27/iran-war-live-iran-says-us-not-serio","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2115119660056387847","claim":"BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow, according to live video coming from the Kremlin. 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/yAQHNU98ka https://t.co/HQcir05a4M","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2115119660056387847","name":"[ria.ru](https://ria.ru/20261027/putin-2127364533.html), [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/27/iran-war-live-iran-says-us-not-serio","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793120529935-news-show_open-putin-meets-iran-s-president-in-moscow","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793120529935-news-show_open-putin-meets-iran-s-president-in-moscow","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793120529935-news-show_open-putin-meets-iran-s-president-in-moscow and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"The World, Tuesday one o'clock—Putin and Iran's president are meeting in Moscow right now."},{"host":"Brian","text":"First face-to-face since the gas exporters' summit. Not a photo op, this is about money and missiles."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's on live video from the Kremlin. Al Jazeera says they're discussing bilateral relations and the Middle East."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Iran needs cash, Russia needs drones. When these two sit down, the map shifts."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Let's not oversell a handshake."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair, but their handshakes have a way of showing up in arms shipments later."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meanwhile, a stunning scene in Belgrade—Reuters is reporting protesters forced their way into a pro-government TV studio, and that Vucic has lost power."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Wait, that's the longtime Serbian president, reportedly ousted?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. The report says they entered Informer TV, his mouthpiece for years."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So the whole political machine is collapsing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But we don't have independent confirmation on the studio takeover yet."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Even if that detail is overblown, a reported election loss is enormous for the Balkans."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And from the Institute for the Study of War: Zelensky says he's ready for a full or partial ceasefire—including energy and Black Sea moratoriums."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And the Kremlin says no. Same answer as every week."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the pattern. Ukraine keeps making offers, Moscow keeps rejecting them."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which tells you this war isn't about one region. It's about whether Ukraine exists."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the ISW's assessment, and it's hard to argue with the record."}]}