Russia Offers Mediation as Iran Crisis Deepens

Russian outlets present Moscow, often together with China, as a responsible power trying to defuse the Iran crisis through talks. They stress that Russia respects Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology while urging all sides, including the United States, to return to negotiations. They expect that if Washington engages seriously, Russia and China can help broker steps that reduce tensions in the Middle East.

• •Russia and China are prepared to support efforts to facilitate negotiations between the United States and Iran.
• •Sergei Lavrov has assured Abbas Araghchi that Moscow welcomes Iran’s focus on ‘seeking solutions’ rather than confrontation.
• •Russian diplomacy insists that Iran’s uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes is an inalienable right that must be recognised.
• •The crisis around Iran is described as a ‘knot’ in the Middle East that should be untangled through diplomacy, not force.
• •Russian officials argue that there is no military solution to the confrontation around Iran and that any strike would worsen regional instability.