Putin Agrees to Help Trump Broker Nuclear Talks With Iran

US, Russian officials have discussed cooperating on matter
Trump looking to restore Putin relations amid Ukraine war

Marco Rubio, second left, Sergei Lavrov, right, and envoys in Riyadh, on Feb. 18.Photographer: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP/Getty Images

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By Bloomberg News

March 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM UTC

Updated on

March 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC

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Russia agreed to assist US President Donald Trump’s administration in communicating with Iran on issues including the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and its support for regional anti-US proxies, according to people familiar with the situation.

Trump relayed that interest directly to President Vladimir Putin in a phone call in February and top officials from his administration discussed the matter with their Russian counterparts at talks in Saudi Arabia days later, people said, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.