{"id":9660,"date":"2025-06-05T21:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9660"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:04:28","slug":"putin-offers-to-mediate-on-iran-nuclear-talks-in-call-with-trump-says-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9660","title":{"rendered":"Putin offers to mediate on Iran nuclear talks in call with Trump, says Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed willingness to use Moscow\u2019s close ties with Tehran to help facilitate negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, the Kremlin confirmed on Thursday following a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Kremlin\u2019s readout, Putin told Trump that Russia is prepared to leverage its partnership with Iran to support ongoing efforts aimed at resolving the long-standing nuclear dispute. \u201cWe have close partner relations with Tehran,\u201d said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, \u201cand naturally, President Putin said that we are ready to use this level of partnership with Tehran in order to facilitate and contribute to the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, speaking after the call, said time was running out for Iran to make a decision and that Putin shared the view that Tehran should not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. He added that Putin had suggested he might personally join efforts to bring the talks to a swift conclusion, though he acknowledged that Iran was \u201cslowwalking\u201d the process.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov did not specify when Putin might participate directly but confirmed that discussions between Moscow, Washington, and Tehran were ongoing through various channels. \u201cThe president will be able to get involved when necessary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected the idea of halting uranium enrichment\u2014a key US demand in the talks\u2014calling it \u201c100 percent\u201d against Iran\u2019s national interests. Speaking amid continued negotiations, Khamenei stressed the country\u2019s commitment to self-reliance and reiterated the principle of \u201cWe Can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to revive a nuclear agreement have continued through indirect talks, with Oman serving as a key mediator. The latest US proposal was presented to Iran last Saturday via Omani officials during a meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Trump\u2019s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p>Despite five rounds of negotiations, major hurdles remain. Iran has refused to cease uranium enrichment on its soil or export its stockpile of highly enriched uranium\u2014materials that could be used to build nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei has not indicated a willingness to end the talks but remains firm in opposing concessions that he believes compromise Iran\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed willingness to use Moscow\u2019s close ties with Tehran to help facilitate negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, the Kremlin confirmed on Thursday following a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump. According to the Kremlin\u2019s readout, Putin told Trump that Russia is prepared to leverage its partnership with Iran to [&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-9660","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\/9660","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=9660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}