Putin prepares to solve issues around Iran’s nuclear programme peacefully

The United States will not tolerate Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon or their support of terror in the Middle East and around the world,

Hughes said

The Trump administration will talk to our adversaries and allies alike, but ... from a position of strength to defend our national security,

Brian Hughes, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said on Tuesday

President Putin believes and is convinced that the problem of Iran's nuclear dossier should be solved solely by peaceful means,

he said

Wall Street tumbled off the back of the news, while the US Dollar declined as market participants began to contemplate the risks of a US recession.”

Kyle Rodda, senior financial market analyst at Capital.com said

Officials from the Kremlin contacted the supreme national security council and said Putin wants to mediate and he’s ready to facilitate direct talks between Iran and America,

an Iranian official said

They said Trump wants to talk and is preferring it over war but, here, there is a big uncertainty around it after what happened in the White House last week

he is reported to have told The Telegraph

Russia believes that the United States and Iran should resolve all problems through negotiations".

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Bloomberg