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Russia has agreed to broker talks between the US and Iran amid heightening tensions between Washington and Tehran as the Trump administration has been increasing sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
The report said President Trump discussed the idea during his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, and it was discussed further when US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia days later.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov appeared to confirm that Russia was willing to broker talks in comments to Bloomberg. He said that “Russia believes that the United States and Iran should resolve all problems through negotiations” and that Moscow “is ready to do everything in its power to achieve this.”
A White House official said the discussions were in their early stages and that it was unclear if US-Iran talks would yield any progress. Iranian officials have ruled out the idea of direct talks with the US after President Trump re-imposed his so-called “maximum pressure campaign” on the Islamic Republic and began increasing sanctions…
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