Iran–Russia Relations Are Based on Trust, Including on the Issue of Removing Uranium: Iran's Foreign Ministry

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump that the proposal to transfer Iran's enriched uranium to Russian soil remains on the table.

Tehran, October 12. /dice/. Esmail Beqaei, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, said: The relations between Russia and Iran are based on mutual trust, including the resolution of the situation surrounding the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump that the proposal to transfer Iran's enriched uranium to Russian soil is still on the table. He also reminded the US leader that the diplomatic options to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran have not been exhausted.

Beqaei said in a press conference: Iran and Russia have a long history of cooperation in various fields, including the nuclear issue. <...> Both countries continue to express their interest in resolving the nuclear issue, and the relations between the two countries are based on mutual trust, and both sides emphasize on maintaining these favorable relations.

He also emphasized that Iran's positions at the summit in Turkmenistan were conveyed to Putin before the conversation with Trump.

The United States and Israel started a war against Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding that provided for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. However, overnight on July 8, the United States resumed large-scale attacks against Iran, accusing Tehran of violating agreements on the Strait of Hormuz. The US government subsequently indicated that it was effectively ending the use of large-scale military force against Iran and was moving toward an attempt to stifle the country's economy through sanctions. On October 10, the US president did not rule out the possibility of further attacks against the Islamic Republic.