It is noted that the parties "discussed the tension in relations between the US and Iran, as well as the regional and international agenda, especially the situation in Libya and Syria."
On the night of January 8, Tehran announced a retaliation operation for the assassination of General Kassem Suleimani. Missiles were fired at two US bases in Iraq.
The American leader Donald Trump during the appeal to the nation announced new anti-Iranian sanctions.
Later, the head of the security department of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Abdollah Araghi said that the IRGC “will take more revenge on the enemy.”