Iran delivers European 'peace initiative' on Ukraine to Russia

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Tehran, Iran - Iran has delivered a so-called "peace initiative" for ending the Ukraine war, proposed by a European leader, to Russia.
55% : The Iranian foreign minister said Tehran continues to review the latest US comments on a "final" European text proposed earlier this month, and still wants guarantees that it will enjoy the economic benefits promised under the deal.
53% : Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on February 24 this year, Iran has relayed messages between Moscow and Kyiv several times, but this is the first publicised instance of Tehran delivering a message from Europe.
53% : The two nations did, however, participate in a military drones tournament hosted by Iran in the central city of Kashan earlier this month.
43% : Meanwhile, as Western sanctions pile on Russia, Moscow is growing closer to Iran by, among other things, expanding trade, an issue that was stressed by Amirabdollahian and Lavrov on Wednesday.
43% :Tehran and Moscow have not reacted to the latest US claims.
42% : But the US unilaterally withdrew from the deal in 2018 and imposed sanctions, which prompted Iran to ramp up its nuclear activities while maintaining they are strictly for peaceful purposes.
41% : Meanwhile, the United States has for months claimed that Moscow is interested in purchasing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the "hundreds" to use in Ukraine, which Tehran has denied.
40% :Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Tehran in July, meeting Raisi and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who told him NATO would have eventually started the Ukraine war had the 69-year-old "not taken the initiative".
40% : And while Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the aerospace chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has said Iran is exporting drones, he has not named the destination countries.
39% : Iran's semi-official ISNA news website reported earlier on Wednesday that French President Emmanuel Macron was the leader who relayed the message to Tehran, but no officials have commented on the issue.
37% :"Russia supports reviving the nuclear deal and lifting the sanctions imposed against Iran," Lavrov said.
34% : Tehran says NATO expansion is the root of the problem.

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