Moscow dismisses Axios report that Putin urged Iran to take nuclear deal as smear campaign

  MOSCOW:  An Axios report that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly called on Iran to agree to a zero enrichment nuclear deal with th...

 

MOSCOW:  An Axios report that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly called on Iran to agree to a zero enrichment nuclear deal with the United States is "a politicized smear campaign’, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"One can only guess who ordered the publication but one of the latest reports [from Axios] titled, ‘Scoop: Putin urges Iran to take zero enrichment nuclear deal with U.S.’, is apparently yet another politicized smear campaign meant to escalate tensions around the Iranian nuclear program," the ministry said.

According to it, Moscow has repeatedly emphasized the need to resolve the crisis around the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program exclusively through political and diplomatic means and expressed readiness to contribute to finding mutually-acceptable solutions.

"We call on responsible global media outlets to cite official sources of information, explore topics, and refrain from publishing fake news," the ministry concluded.

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