Iran president offers US olive branch before Putin meeting

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Iran president offers US olive branch before Putin meeting

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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has offered an olive branch to the US regarding a potential June deal aimed at ending conflict, ahead of a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any US move to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, as he prepares to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a regional summit. The two allies were due to hold talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, a bloc promoted by Russia and China as an alternative to Western power.

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