INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin, asked on Monday if Russia had held consultations with Iran before or after Tehran responded to a letter from U.S
President Donald Trump urging the country to negotiate a nuclear deal, said Iran formulates its own policy positions.Iran&s Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Tehran would not be bullied into negotiations, a day after Trump said he had sent a letter
urging Iran to engage in talks on a new nuclear deal.Asked if Moscow had consulted with Tehran before or after Trump&s letter, Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters:&No
Iran is a sovereign country and independently formulates its position on key foreign policy issues
It is clear that very tense contacts are ahead.&Trump has previously said he would reimpose a policy of &maximum pressure& on Iran, aimed at
preventing the country from building nuclear weapons, even as he has signalled openness to a new nuclear accord with Tehran.Russia and Iran
have drawn closer since the start of the war in Ukraine, with Tehran providing Moscow with drones.Regarding possible talks on Tehran&s
nuclear program, Peskov said: &It is clear that Iran is seeking negotiations based on mutual respect, constructive negotiations.&&We, of
course, for our part, will continue to do everything that depends on us, everything that is possible, in order to bring this process of
settling the Iranian nuclear dossier into a peaceful direction.&The post Kremlin, asked if it consulted Iran over Trump&s nuclear letter,
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