INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Donald Trump has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to facilitate discussions with Iran on its nuclear program and regional
proxy forces, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources in Moscow familiar with the matter.Trump reportedly raised the idea of
Moscow mediating talks during a Feb
diplomacy with Tehran during their Feb
18 meeting in Saudi Arabia, the report said.Lavrov traveled to Tehran a week after the U.S.-Russia talks
Russia has deployed Iranian drones in Ukraine and has expanded military ties with Iran.It remains unclear how receptive Iran would be to any
overture delivered via Russia, Bloomberg noted.The report came hours after Reuters, citing travel records, reported that seven Russian
missile specialists with senior military backgrounds visited Iran between April and September 2024 for undisclosed reasons.Iran maintains
that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes despite concerns in the West that it might be looking to develop nuclear weapons.
