Russia Ready to Support Mediation Efforts to Resolve Iran Conflict — Foreign Ministry
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia is ready to support mediation efforts to end the conflict against Iran and to help maintain stability in the Middle East if requested, stated Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov said. «If requested, Russia is ready to support mediation efforts both to end the aggression against Iran and more broadly to maintain stability in the Middle East, including within the framework of the updated security concept in the Persian Gulf that we are promoting,» Alimov told Russian media. US President Donald Trump announced on July 8 that the ceasefire reached with Iran on the night of June 18 was no longer in effect. Since July 8, the US military has carried out several attacks on Iran. US Central Command claimed that this was in response to Iranian actions against commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran responded with strikes on US bases in several Middle Eastern countries, closed the Strait of Hormuz, and accused Washington of violating the ceasefire agreement.
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