Araqchi: Russia and Iran are coordinating positions on the current escalation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who is visiting Moscow, said that Iran and Russia are coordinating their positions on the current escalation in the Middle East, according to the Russian news agency TASS on Monday.

Interfax reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the Iranian foreign minister in Moscow today.

The world is awaiting Iran's response after the United States attacked key Iranian nuclear sites, joining Israel in the largest Western military action targeting Iran since 1979. A day after the United States dropped 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on the mountain above Iran's Fordow nuclear site, Tehran vowed to defend itself, whatever the cost. The United States urged Tehran not to retaliate, and small anti-war protests began taking to the streets in American cities.

Iran and Israel continued to exchange missile fire, with Iranian media reporting that an explosion in the west of the country killed six soldiers. Earlier on Sunday, Iran fired missiles at Israel, injuring dozens and leveling buildings in Tel Aviv.