According to media reports, Putin and Netanyahu recently spoke several times by phone amid tensions between Israel and Iran.
“Netanyahu asked Putin to reassure Iran: 'We will not attack them,'” the headline said.
As noted by Kan News, Israel is concerned that Iran, considering an attack imminent, could strike Israeli territory first.
Netanyahu's message is therefore aimed at preventing this scenario.
Speaking at the Knesset on January 5, the Israeli prime minister said that any attack from Iran would have “serious consequences,” Ynet Global reported.
According to Netanyahu, the Israeli authorities and US President Donald Trump “will not allow Iran to restore the production of ballistic missiles and, of course, resume the nuclear program.”
The Kremlin reported the last telephone conversation between Netanyahu and Putin on November 15. Then they, among other things, discussed issues of Iran's nuclear program.
In October, Putin said that Russia was receiving signals from Israel about its lack of interest “in any kind of confrontation” with Iran, RBC reported.
Context
On June 13, 2025, the Israel Defense Forces began strike Iran. Netanyahu said then that Iran has the ability to create nine nuclear bombs. Israeli troops, in particular, attacked targets related to uranium enrichment.
On June 22, the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordo, Netanz and Isfahan, using 13-ton bombs for the first time in history. In response, Iran launched a missile attack on the United States Al-Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar on June 23. Trump called the response “very weak.”
On the night of June 24, the US President announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete ceasefire.
On June 29, Trump admitted that there was an unbombed nuclear facility in Iran.
In early November, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran would restore nuclear facilities “with greater power.” Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi then reported that most of the 400 kg of enriched (up to 60%) uranium remained at the Iranian nuclear program facilities attacked at the end of June by the United States and Israel. “Technology cannot be destroyed with bombs,” he added.
