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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Kremlin says Putin’s proposals to mediate Iran war are still on the table
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered different options to mediate in the Iran war and these proposals are still on the table, the Kremlin says.
“From the very beginning of this situation, even before the military phase began, President Putin has proposed various options for our mediation and good offices that could help reduce tensions. Many of these proposals are still on the table,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells reporters.
“Russia is ready to assist to the best of its ability and will be happy to do so, but you know that this requires multiple understandings and multiple agreements, so we’ll have to be a little patient.”
Peskov was speaking a day after Putin spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump and, according to the Kremlin, shared proposals aimed at ending the war in Iran quickly.
Peskov declines to elaborate on the content of the proposals.
Trump, for his part, told reporters yesterday that Putin “wants to be helpful” with the Iran conflict, but he said he told the Kremlin leader that “You could be more helpful by getting the Ukraine-Russia war over with.”
Russia, which has a strategic partnership treaty with Iran, has condemned the US-Israeli strikes against the Islamic Republic, which began on February 28. As a major energy exporter, it has, however, benefited from the resulting boost to oil prices.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said over the weekend he had asked Russia not to supply intelligence to Iran, after the Washington Post said Moscow was providing Tehran with targeting data to help it attack US forces in the Middle East.
Peskov says Russia is not commenting on such reports, and declines to say if the issue had come up during the Putin-Trump call.
The Times of Israel Community.