Moscow has repeatedly urged Washington and Tehran to de-escalate while maintaining contact with all parties in the conflict.
US President Donald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping for their roles in bringing about a peace settlement with Iran. Moscow has repeatedly offered its mediation services and urged all sides to de-escalate.
Trump made the remarks on Sunday in an interview with the New York Times, hours after he announced that Washington and Tehran have reached a Pakistani- and Qatari-mediated deal to end the conflict.
According to several media reports, a 14-point memorandum of understanding includes provisions on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, easing of US sanctions, and unfreezing of Iranian assets, with a formal signing ceremony to take place in Geneva on Friday. Iran is also expected to reaffirm its pledge to abstain from nuclear weapons, with final nuclear talks to conclude within 60 days.
Trump subsequently praised Putin and Xi for their input in negotiations. He described Xi as “a total gentleman,” noting that China “did not send a tanker, along with 20 destroyers on each side of it, to try and break up the blockade,” which could have brought Washington and Beijing to the brink of an open conflict.
Like China, Russia consistently called for de-escalation from the early days of the US-Israeli war on Iran, with Moscow denouncing the strikes as an “unprovoked act of armed aggression.”
Since the start of hostilities in late February, Putin and Trump have spoken by phone at least three times – in March, in late April when Trump said Putin had offered to help end the war, and again on Sunday, when the two discussed the near-finalized memorandum, according to Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov.
Moscow also put forward a nuclear compromise, offering to transport and store Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile on Russian soil. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the proposal had been discussed, but said Tehran was not yet ready to put it on the agenda while thanking “Russian friends for their offer and for their intention to help resolve this problem.”
Amid a hike in oil prices caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Putin earlier this month pushed back against what he called “speculation” that Russia had emerged as a sole financial winner from the conflict. “The oil rally is taking place, but it is temporary and short-term. Meanwhile, we would like to build relationships with our partners on a long-term basis… In this case, we are interested in the end of the conflict, and as soon as possible,” he said.
This historically brilliant outcome will intensify the incurable disease TDS that many are stricken with. At the risk of ratcheting it up even more. Congratulations Mr President, the most consequential leader this century.
45-47 is a military government supported by the constitution carrying out a military operation to break up the British Imperialists stranglehold that it has over the world.
Backing the fertiliser truck up again, are we.
While outwardly polite and conciliatory, Putin and Xi are no doubt laughing at stupid moronic Donald Trump for voluntarily starting a war he lost really badly. And he remains too stupid to understand how badly he lost the war so quickly.
Learned your lesson have we Donny. Stay away from the Zionists, there’s a good boy. For Iran deepest sympathy for your losses, especially those young school girls. You deserved none of this.
Hebrew media attacks US-Iran agreement: “A shameful surrender and a strategic shock” https://en.ypagency.net/396028
So why would they non-stop whinge and moan in this way if anybody thought that the USA+Israel won the war against Iran?
Look at the 1st post here and observe the mind-numbing low-IQ stupidity the world is dealing with.. A fraudulent corrupt lying warpig narcissit punk plunges world economy downhill, CAUSES and supports genocide and civilian murder with a sleazy smirk, spends and wastes trillions of tax-payer dollars on a prolonged egotistical sh*thead stunt of war destruction and death – And then the mind-numbing low-IQ dimwit brigade of dipsh*ts burst out CHEERING AND PRAISING IT ALL…
Un-fkn-real…
Israel refuses to withdraw from territory it has seized in southern Lebanon so it’s likely this “deal” won’t be signed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/15/israel-territory-lebanon-defence-minister-israel-katz
Iran has a more cautious view as there are no guarantees of peace https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527364/MoU-reached-Peace-Not-sure