March 27 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday discussed the possibility of a diplomatic settlement ‌in the Iran war with his Iranian counterpart ‌Abbas Araqchi, Lavrov's ministry said.

"The ministers discussed in detail the most difficult ​military-political crisis in the Middle East, which erupted as a result of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against Iran," the statement on the ministry website said.

"There was an exchange of views ‌on the prospects ⁠of shifting the conflict into a channel for a political-diplomatic settlement based on international law ⁠and taking into account the legitimate interests of all countries in the region."

The statement also said Lavrov outlined details of ​Russia's most ​recent shipment of humanitarian ​assistance to Iran.

Russia and Iran ‌have signed a strategic partnership agreement covering political, economic, military, and energy cooperation, but it does not include a mutual defence accord.

Russia has been using Iranian-designed drones in its four-year-old conflict with Ukraine.

European foreign ministers on Friday ‌used a G7 meeting with U.S. ​Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ​press the case ​that Russia was helping Iran target U.S. forces ‌in the Middle East war.

Two ​Western security ​sources and a regional official close to Tehran told Reuters that Moscow has been providing satellite imagery to ​Tehran and also ‌helped Iran upgrade its drones to emulate the ​equivalent versions used by Russia against Ukraine.

(Reporting by ​Reuters, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)