WANA (Jul 13) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has strongly denied a recent report by an American news outlet, calling it a “dirty political campaign” amid ongoing Western media efforts to pressure Iran over the recent 12-day conflict.

 

The controversy erupted after a U.S.-based website claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a phone call with his American counterpart, supported the idea of a “zero enrichment” policy for Iran’s nuclear program. Moscow responded on Saturday, dismissing the report as politically motivated and unfounded.

 

“This is nothing but a dirty, politicized campaign,” the Russian Foreign Ministry stated, emphasizing that the Iranian nuclear issue must be resolved through diplomatic channels.

 

The original report alleged that Putin had encouraged Iranian officials to halt uranium enrichment to facilitate negotiations with the United States. It quoted an unnamed European official claiming, “Putin supports zero enrichment and urged the Iranians to move in that direction to improve talks with the Americans—but the Iranians rejected it.”

 

The report also suggested that President Putin conveyed this position to U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials, allegedly backing a deal that would see Tehran halt all uranium enrichment activities.

 

Citing three unnamed European officials and one Israeli source, the outlet further claimed that Russia had been pushing Iran to accept a “zero enrichment” framework. However, Iranian sources swiftly denied the allegations, saying Tehran had received no such proposal from Moscow.

 

“These claims are baseless,” Iranian diplomatic sources said. “Russia’s position regarding Iran’s right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes remains unchanged in all ongoing communications between the two countries.”

 

The sources reiterated Iran’s firm stance: “Iran will never accept any proposal or initiative that does not recognize its right to enrich uranium on its own soil.”