{"id":43282,"date":"2026-03-10T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=43282"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:04:29","slug":"putin-reaffirms-position-on-regional-de-escalation-in-phone-call-with-iranian-counterpart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=43282","title":{"rendered":"Putin reaffirms position on regional de-escalation in phone call with Iranian counterpart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, reaffirmed his position in favor of a swift de-escalation of the ongoing conflict involving Tehran and its resolution through political means, the Kremlin said.<\/p>\n

A statement said Putin and Pezeshkian continued their discussion on the situation in the Middle East, particularly with regards to US-Israeli attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russian president reaffirmed his principled position in favour of a swift de-escalation of the conflict and its resolution through political means. Masoud Pezeshkian thanked Russia for its support, particularly for providing humanitarian aid to Iran,\u201d the readout said.<\/p>\n

The call between the two presidents is the second since the start of the month, with an earlier conversation having taken place on Friday.<\/p>\n

Regional tensions\u00a0escalated after Israel and the US launched a joint attack against Iran on February 28, killing more than 1,200 victims to date, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was the supreme leader.<\/p>\n

Refusing to surrender, Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, along with Gulf countries hosting US military assets, disrupting global markets.<\/p>\n

Lavrov calls Abbas Araghchi <\/p>\n

Separatelu,\u00a0Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged views\u00a0in a call on the developing situation in the Middle East with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n

The ministry said in a statement that the state of affairs “sharply deteriorated as a result of the unprovoked aggression of the US and Israel against Iran”.<\/p>\n

Read More: Trump, Putin talk of war and peace as US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions<\/p>\n

“Sergey Lavrov reiterated the principled position in favour of the swift de-escalation and return of the situation to the path of political-diplomatic settlement, which the Russian side is consistently ready to facilitate, with due regard for the security interests of Iran and its neighbors in the region,” it said.<\/p>\n

The conversation took place one day after a call between Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump.\u00a0Putin\u00a0discussed the Iran war, as well as Ukraine, calling for a “quick political and diplomatic settlement” to the latest conflict, according to a presidential aide.<\/p>\n

Commenting on media reports suggesting that Trump and Putin may have discussed Russia’s mediation efforts to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing in Moscow that Putin, from the very beginning of the crisis, had proposed various options for Russian mediation that could help reduce tensions.<\/p>\n

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Putin told\u00a0Trump that Moscow was not sharing intelligence with Iran on the locations of US military assets.<\/p>\n

“On the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing,” Witkoff told CNBC.<\/p>\n

He added that Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov reiterated the message to him and Jared Kushner, Trump\u2019s son-in-law, in a call.<\/p>\n

Witkoff acknowledged he could not independently verify the denial, saying it was “a better question for the intel people”.<\/p>\n

He pointed to Iran’s alleged stockpile of 460 kilogrammes of 60% enriched uranium as a core concern as a justification for the military campaign.<\/p>\n

“There is no reason to be at 60%. None. Zero reason, unless you’re pursuing a weapon,” he said, adding that Iran could have easily converted the material into a “dirty bomb”.<\/p>\n

He described Israel’s vulnerability in stark terms, saying a single nuclear strike could be existential for that country. “Israel is a one bomb country. One bomb takes them out.”<\/p>\n

Witkoff pushed back on reports that a planned visit to Israel had been postponed because of US concerns about Israeli strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, saying the cancellation had nothing to do with any such differences.<\/p>\n

“I don’t really think there are many differences” with Israel, he said, adding the visit was intended for coordination purposes and would likely take place the following week.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, reaffirmed his position in favor of a swift de-escalation of the ongoing conflict involving Tehran and its resolution through political means, the Kremlin said. A statement said Putin and Pezeshkian continued their discussion on the situation in the Middle […]<\/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-43282","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\/43282","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=43282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}