The leader of Iran sent a letter to Vladimir Putin, before the new round of discussion with the USA
Vladimir Putin with Ayatollahul Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, photo: Salampix-Abaca / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Thursday with a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin to inform the Kremlin about negotiations with the US, who threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic if an agreement on the Nuclear Program of Tehran is not.
The US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with bombing and the extension of customs tariffs for third countries that buy Iranian oil, if Tehran will not reach an agreement with Washington regarding the nuclear program. The US Army has moved several war planes in the region.
The Trump administration and Iran representatives held discussions in Oman, last weekend, and both parties described them as positive and constructive. A second round of discussions will take place in Rome this weekend, but Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, said on Wednesday that the right of Tehran to enrich Uranium is not negotiable.
Russia, an old Tehran ally, plays a role in the negotiations between Iran and the West, as a member of Veto in the UN Security Council and the signatory country of the previous nuclear agreement, which had been signed in 2015, but which Donald Trump in 2018, during the first term at the White House.
“As for the nuclear problem, we have always had close consultations with our friends, China and Russia. Now it is a good opportunity to do this with Russian officials,” Aragchchi told Iranian State Television.
The head of Iranian diplomacy said that Vladimir Putin will send a letter to which bilateral and regional issues are addressed. The President of Russia recently received Abbas Araghchi in Kremlin.
Western powers accuse Iran of refining uranium at a level over what would be justifiable for a civil nuclear energy program, but close to the right one for an atomic bomb. On the other side, Tehran denies that he would like to have nuclear weapons and claim that the program has exclusively civilian goals.
Moscow purchased weapons from Iran for the Ukraine war, and in 2025 signed with Tehran a 20 -year -old strategic partnership agreement, which does not include a mutual defense clause. The two countries were allied in Syria for years, but their ally, Bashar al-Assad, was removed from power in December.
Vladimir Putin has maintained good relations with Ali Khamenei, Moscow wants not to trigger a nuclear armor race in the Middle East.
Russia said that any military attack against Iran would be illegal and unacceptable. On Tuesday, the Kremlin refused to comment on when asked if Russia was prepared to take control of Iranian uranium stocks enriched as part of a possible future nuclear agreement between Tehran and Washington.
