The Russian president Vladimir Putin he declared both to the president Donald Trump that Iranian officials to support the idea of a nuclear deal according to which Teherab will not be able to enrich the uranium. The Axios site writes by quoting sources aware of these interviews. Russia has been publicly for years, the main supporter of Iran on the question of the right to civil nuclear power, but has taken on a harder position privately, following the 12 -day war between Israel and Iran.
The Kremlin, writes Axios, encouraged the Iranians to accept the condition of the “zero enrichment”, according to three European officials and an Israeli official aware of the matter. Two sources said that The Russians also informed the Israeli government about Putin’s position on the matter. “We know that this is what Putin told the Iranians,” said a high Israeli official. The Russian president also expressed this position in the phone calls last week with Trump and the French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
According to sources, The Iranians said in Moscow that “they will not consider” the idea of abandoning the enrichment of uranium. Iran provided Russia with broad military support during the war against Ukraine, also providing hundreds of attack drones and earth-tree missiles. During and after the 12 -day war, the Iranians were disappointed by the fact that Moscow did not provide them with any significant support, beyond the statements to the press.