Iran’s president left for Moscow, Iranian state news agency Mehr reported.

He left hours after meeting senior security officials from Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov forecast gas demand rising 28% to 5.4 trillion cubic metres by 2055, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Mehr said Pezeshkian may meet other attending leaders on the summit’s sidelines.

How each outlet framed it
Mehr News Agency
frames the Pezeshkian trip around Iran's push for deeper Russia ties and a near-final Iran-Russia gas deal
TASS
quotes Kremlin aide Ushakov's forecast that global gas demand rises 28% to 5.4 trillion cubic meters by 2055

Sources: Mehr News Agency, TASS