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.
Trump has said he wants a deal on Iran’s nuclear program and has even acknowledged that Iranian leadership doesn’t want a nuclear bomb. William Burns, the head of the CIA under President Biden, also acknowledged in January that there’s no evidence Tehran has decided to build a nuclear weapon.
Trump has also threatened Iran, saying a deal would be preferable to “bombing” the country, suggesting he will consider military action if an agreement is reached. Israel, which has nuclear weapons the US doesn’t recognize, is reportedly looking to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities and wants support from the US.
"Jaw jaw is better than war war" … true even if it was spoken by a warmongering racist.
Russia directing the talks. What can go wrong with that plan?
Maybe have Zelensky broker them instead? He's an amazing statesman and negotiator!
Peace could break out, we know you do not like that, leftist.
Here's your policy, propagandist:
It's best to not hold negotiations, and not use intermediaries. It's best to abandon all the standard negotiation practices.
The only reason why U.S. is so aggressive towards Iran is American pro-Zionist policy in the region.
It's the other way around, I think …
What do you mean?
Israel is a colonist projection of the USUK. The US is not aggressive to Iran primarily because of Israel … instead, enmity to Iran provides a needed excuse for the US to remain engaged in the ME, all to protect Israel, you see.
It's not that Israel fanatics don't try to take advantage of the situation for their own ends. However, I feel this is not the primary reason. But that's just my opinion.
I’m torn if the origins still represent the reality today.
When one hand reaches for the other?…. We find friendship.
To die or be castrated and enslaved, that is the question. It's a tough question. I know I'm antiwar and everything, but damn. That's a tough question my brother.
Russia Agrees To Broker Talks Between the US and Iran
Contrary to US and Israel hawks thinking… not every conflict can be resolved with military means…!
I really hope Lavrov receives the accolades he rightfully deserves. World leaders should take note of this man's means and methods and learn. Especially, the younger generation.
Good luck Russia, you need it!
Dictators and totalitarian regimes sticking together and pretending there's any ideological differences between them? How weird.
Reducing the whole world to fictions of ideology as opposed to 0.1% moneygrubbing and longstanding national narratives? How childish.
Absolute nonsense. I’m sure you think it made you look wise. It didn’t.
It did. My comment had great pith, as Woody Allen used to say. And your comment deserved lots of pith.
You really think there's some great difference in foreign policy between "democracies" and "dictatorships"? Who has been our (the USUK's) best buddy in the ME the past 90 years, keeping the price of oil stable and the supply constant and the profits invested in the west other than the region's biggest and most primitive dictatorship?
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.”
Has Peskov been paying attention? You need two sides to negotiate. When one side has already imposed sanctions on the other side that are meant to destroy one side's economy, what kind of hope would one side have of getting the other side to negotiate in good faith?
But what are the alternatives? I say give it a go. Russia might be able to pull it off. Neither Russia nor the United States wants to see Iran with nuclear weapons. Perhaps Russia and the United States could provide each other the assurances needed to avoid a very costly war.
What they should do is take the JCPOA, change a few meaningless words and tell Trump it's his idea and if he signs it, he'll win the Nobel Peace Prize.
If I were Iran, I would tread lightly. Russia was already set to start a plane route to Israel for “tourism” while a genocide was ongoing.
All of these players agree to what’s in it for them financially, and double cross is often part of the game.
Russia has been able to hold off threats from US empire because it does have nuclear deterrence. Iran is already isolated in the region. What kind of guarantee can Russia offer when Israel is dead set on imperialist expansionism?
Editing to add: and that the US government policy is completely captured by Zionism?
Iranians don't trust Russia, having been backstabbed many times in the past … that part of the world has long memories.
Unfortunately, they also don't trust the "west" generally and the US particularly, based on bitter experience.
That's why they become almost totally independent…! If they want to build the N-bomb they can… and US, Israel and Russia cannot do anything about it…!