---
title: "US, Russian leaders jockey for leverage on Iran, Syria in first meeting since Putin’s return"
date: "2012-06-18"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2012/06/18/us-russian-leaders-jockey-for-leverage-on-iran-syria-in-first-meeting-since-putins-return/"
categories:
  - "Vladimir Putin"
---

# US, Russian leaders jockey for leverage on Iran, Syria in first meeting since Putin’s return