The Economic Times

Putin backs mediation efforts on Middle East war, tells Iran Moscow ready to help as US-Iran talks hit impasse

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in a phone call that Moscow was ready to help efforts to mediate the Middle East war, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday, with the months-long conflict locked in a stalemate. The Russian leader and Pezeshkian in their call spoke of the positive and expanding trajectory of relations between the two allies, stressing the need to further deepen ties, state news agency IRNA reported.