Russian President Vladimir Putin conveyed Iran's position on a possible settlement to President Donald Trump during a Friday phone call, the Kremlin said Saturday. The message was passed in coordination with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, but the Kremlin disclosed neither Tehran's terms nor Trump's response. The call confirms a diplomatic exchange; it does not show that the two sides reached a deal.
Putin had met Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan earlier in the week.
That message arrives after months of indirect talks and a dispute over the order of concessions. In late September, Iran proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington ended its blockade of Iranian ports, released frozen Iranian assets and waived sanctions on Iranian oil sales. Trump rejected that proposal. The strait is a vital route for global energy shipments, so its reopening would matter beyond Tehran and Washington; Iran's offer tied access to immediate economic relief.
Tehran later said it had received a U.S. Counterproposal, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expected to send a formal answer within days. Trump has described indirect negotiations as productive, while also saying the United States would not resume strikes before the November 3 midterm elections. That leaves diplomacy open while economic pressure and the port blockade remain in place.
The core bargaining questions have not changed: which side moves first on the blockade, sanctions and the Strait of Hormuz, and whether the proposals now under discussion can bridge the gap. Neither the latest contact nor the Kremlin's account supplied a timetable, a ceasefire or accepted terms. For now, Putin has carried Tehran's position between the presidents; any agreement still depends on decisions by Washington and Tehran.