Tasnim � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for Moscow for political talks.

The top Iranian diplomat departed for Moscow on Tuesday morning for talks with the Russian officials.

Zarif is accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi.

Russian Foreign Ministry�s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had earlier announced that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Zarif would hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday.