Russia Ready to Mediate Iran–Israel Conflict and Accept Tehran’s Uranium

The Kremlin’s statement follows on from a telephone conversation between Putin and Trump over the weekend.
Russia Ready to Mediate Iran–Israel Conflict and Accept Tehran’s Uranium
St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin on Red Square in Moscow on Mar. 16, 2018. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia is prepared to mediate the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran and to deal with Tehran’s uranium, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Ahead of the Israeli strikes against Iran last week, Russia said it was prepared to remove the highly enriched uranium from the country, in a bid to aid progress in the talks between the United States and Iran regarding the latter’s nuclear program.
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