{"id":42860,"date":"2026-03-07T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42860"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:04:47","slug":"putin-calls-for-immediate-halt-to-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42860","title":{"rendered":"Putin calls for immediate halt to Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Iran&#8217;s president over the numerous civilian casualties resulting from &#8220;the armed Israeli-American aggression against Iran&#8221; and called for an immediate halt to hostilities, the Kremlin said.<\/p>\n<p>In a phone call late on Friday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Putin expressed his deep condolences over the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, members of Khamenei&#8217;s family, Iranian political and military leaders and &#8220;numerous civilians&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia&#8217;s principled stance in favour of an immediate cessation of hostilities, the rejection of force as a method to solve any issues surrounding Iran or arising in the Middle East, and a swift return to the path of diplomatic resolution,&#8221; the Kremlin said.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:\u00a0Iran says will not target neighbours unless attacked from them<\/p>\n<p>Putin said he was in constant contact with the leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council member states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Masoud Pezeshkian expressed gratitude for Russia&#8217;s solidarity with the Iranian people as they defend their sovereignty and the independence of their country. He also provided a detailed update on the developments during the latest active phase of the conflict,&#8221; the Kremlin said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Iran&#8217;s president over the numerous civilian casualties resulting from &#8220;the armed Israeli-American aggression against Iran&#8221; and called for an immediate halt to hostilities, the Kremlin said. In a phone call late on Friday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Putin expressed his deep condolences over the killing of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}