Putin tells Iran's Pezeshkian Russia is ready to take all measures to end conflict
The offer names no mechanism and follows months of Kremlin outreach that has not produced settlement terms
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Map: The Gulf and Hormuz, marking Strait of Hormuz
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in talks that Russia is ready to take all measures to end the Iran conflict.
The statement comes as the US position on Iran keeps shifting. Trump says the US will not strike Iran before the November 3 election, reversing a position he held a day earlier. He also says a blockade on Iran will stay in full force even as the US and Iran disagree over what reopening the Strait of Hormuz would require. Iran's head of atomic energy says the country will not abandon uranium enrichment or hand over its uranium stockpile. A day before that, Trump said he does not want to pursue an Iran deal. The White House has directed the Pentagon to prepare Iran strike options, according to two administration officials, who frame the timing around the midterm election calendar rather than diplomacy.
Putin's offer of "all measures" fits a pattern from Moscow this cycle: diplomatic outreach paired with no stated mechanism. It follows his earlier pledge to stand with Iran, and Pezeshkian has his own history of reversing hardline positions on talks. Months of meetings through the Dmitriev channel and calls between Trump and Putin have produced process headlines without settlement terms, so a general readiness statement toward Iran carries limited new information on its own. Whether it moves broader risk sentiment depends on whether it turns into a concrete proposal rather than another restated willingness to engage.
The statement also lands alongside a separate easing of US sanctions on Russia, with the Treasury extending relief through January 9. That move arrives as Russia and Ukraine trade heavy strikes and a Trump-Putin call is being arranged.