In Moscow, too, the Tehran regime’s crackdown on Iranian protesters has shocked and moved many. A handful of anonymous people have left flowers and photographs outside the Iranian Embassy, paying tribute to those killed or sentenced to death. The Kremlin, meanwhile, has stayed silent. During a press conference on Wednesday, January 14, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not utter a single word condemning the violent crackdown that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s authorities had ordered against the protesters. According to the latest figures published by the non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights on Wednesday, at least 3,428 people have been killed and more than 10,000 arrested since the protest movement began at the end of December 2025.

Lavrov merely reiterated that nothing could change the fundamentals of the relationship between Russia and Iran, two allied countries that, on January 17, 2025, signed a “strategic partnership” to seal the growing ties between them. “It serves the interests of both states and both peoples,” the foreign minister formally repeated. When asked about statements by Donald Trump suggesting that strikes in Iran might be possible, as well as the imposition of 25% tariffs on any country that trades with Tehran, which includes Russia, Lavrov avoided directly criticizing the US president. He limited himself to saying, “Our American colleagues look unreliable when they act in this way.”

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