Trump reviews Iran’s ‘red lines’ as Tehran’s top diplomat engages Russia’s Putin3-MIN READ3-MIN5ListenPublished: 1:18am, 28 Apr 2026Updated: 8:57am, 28 Apr 2026Following high-level mediation efforts in Islamabad over the weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Monday.The diplomatic surge comes as US President Donald Trump convened his senior national security team to evaluate a fresh Iranian peace proposal, delivered via Pakistan, aimed at ending the months-long Middle East crisis and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.The White House confirmed the proposal called for reopening the narrow Persian Gulf shipping lane in return for lifting the US blockade of Iranian ports and ending the war, with nuclear talks deferred to a later stage, but didn’t say how the “America first” president viewed the proposition.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x
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Trump weighs Iran’s ‘red lines’ as Tehran’s top diplomat engages Russia’s Putin
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Monday, following high-level mediation efforts in Islamabad.
Khushboo RazdanSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-04-27 · 17:18 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Monday, following high-level mediation efforts in Islamabad. This diplomatic engagement occurs as US President Donald Trump's national security team reviews a new Iranian peace proposal. Delivered via Pakistan, the proposal reportedly seeks to end the Middle East crisis and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In exchange for reopening the shipping lane, Iran is offering to lift the US blockade of its ports and end the war, with nuclear talks postponed. The White House has confirmed the proposal's details but has not disclosed President Trump's stance on the offer.
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High-level mediation efforts took place in Islamabad over the weekend preceding the St Petersburg meeting.
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President Donald Trump convened his senior national security team to evaluate a fresh Iranian peace proposal delivered via Pakistan.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Monday.
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The Iranian proposal called for reopening the Strait of Hormuz in return for lifting the US blockade of Iranian ports and ending the war.
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The peace proposal suggests that nuclear talks be deferred to a later stage.
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