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“If a ceasefire has indeed been reached, then this can and should only be welcomed,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters during his daily briefing on Tuesday.
“This is what the Russian Federation has been calling for from the very beginning of this conflict,” he said, adding, “We hope that this will be a sustainable ceasefire.”
Iran has been one of Russia’s strongest allies during its war on Ukraine and Moscow was quick to condemn US attacks against Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday.
Peskov said that Araghchi “highly praised” Russia’s “clear position” on the Middle East crisis when he met Putin on Monday.
Asked about a Reuters report that Araghchi delivered a letter from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to Putin requesting additional support, Peskov denied he had done so but acknowledged that certain messages were conveyed.
“There was no written document,” Peskov said. “It is true that there were some signals from the Iranian leadership, but overall, the Reuters report does not reflect reality.”
President Donald Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday morning and was “exceptionally firm and direct,” a White House source said about what needed to happen to sustain the ceasefire.
This source said Netanyahu understood the severity of the situation and Trump’s concerns.
Trump, who was jubilant yesterday evening when he announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, stayed up well into the night watching the coverage as it was set to go into effect.
He became increasingly angry when he believed both countries were violating the agreement, several sources told CNN — anger that was on full display as he departed for his trip to the NATO summit.
US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have “destroyed” Iran’s centrifuge program, used to enrich uranium close to weapons-grade levels, according to an assessment by a former United Nations nuclear weapons inspector.
David Albright, now president of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), told CNN that, having reviewed satellite imagery and spoken to sources with knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program, he assesses that Iran’s centrifuge program has been “destroyed,” after the US joined Israel’s strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities.
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