July 29, 2025 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the subject of Iran during a telephone conversation on Monday evening, according to a statement from Jerusalem.

The brief statement did not elaborate further, but according to the Kremlin Putin restated Moscow’s willingness to help negotiate a solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, and stressed the importance of upholding Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Friday that nuclear talks in Istanbul with Germany, Britain and France earlier in the day had been “serious, frank and detailed.”