Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, on Thursday, sent his foreign minister to Moscow with a letter for President Vladimir Putin to brief the Kremlin about nuclear negotiations with the US, which has threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic.
DAILY POST reports that US President, Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with bombing and to extend tariffs to third countries that buy Iranian oil if Tehran does not come to an agreement with Washington over its disputed nuclear programme.
The United States has also moved additional warplanes into the region.
Recall that the US and Iran held talks in Oman last weekend that both sides described as positive and constructive.
Prior, a second round of talks scheduled to take place in Rome this weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi had said that Iran's right to enrich uranium was not negotiable.
Russia, which is a longstanding ally of Tehran, plays a role in Iran's nuclear negotiations with the West as a veto-wielding UN Security Council member and a signatory to an earlier nuclear deal Trump abandoned during his first term in 2018.
“Regarding the nuclear issue, we always had close consultations with our friends China and Russia. Now it is a good opportunity to do so with Russian officials,” Araqchi said.
Araqchi said he was conveying a letter to Putin that addressed regional and bilateral issues.
According to western powers, Iran is refining uranium to a high degree of fissile purity beyond what is justifiable for a civilian nuclear energy programme and close to the level suitable for an atomic bomb.
However, Iran denied seeking nuclear weapons, saying it has a right to a civilian nuclear programme.
