TehranRussian state agency TASS reports Medvedev praised Iran’s Hormuz role.
Its reports give remarks only, with no signed agreement between Russia and Iran.
He cited geography and the Law of the Sea, and said Russia wants Hormuz open by agreement, not force.
No agreement or date follows the defence, aerospace and energy cooperation Medvedev said is under discussion.
How each outlet framed it
- TASS leans favorable
- TASS leans favorable
- anchors Iran's Hormuz authority in UNCLOS and geography, contrasts agreement-based cooperation with force-based strategies
- TASS
- reframes Western threat perceptions as Russian strength validation, reiterates territorial concessions as Ukraine peace precondition