Iran has provided Russia with thousands of Shahed drones used in attacks against Ukraine as well as close-range ballistic missiles.Pezeshkian will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Jan. 17, Jalali said. During the visit, the two leaders are expected to sign an agreement on cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.The new bilateral agreement is intended to replace the 20-year strategic one signed between the two countries in 2001 and extended in 2020.Putin and Pezeshkian first met on Oct. 11 in Turkmenistan. The meeting occurred during an international forum to which the leaders of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan were invited, among others.Following another meeting between Putin and Pezeshkian in Kazan in late October, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the new agreements must "formalize the parties' commitment to close defense cooperation and interaction in the interests of regional and global peace and security.