Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Russia served as intermediary in delivering Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Three or four days ago there was a telephone call between Netanyahu and Putin. The following day, our ambassador in Moscow received a message via the presidential administration stating he does not want a new war with our country",
the Iranian Minister confirmed.
The Russian president and the Israeli prime minister spoke by telephone on October 6. During that conversation, the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program was discussed. A few days after this conversation, Vladimir Putin stated that Russia was receiving signals from Israel's leadership about its interest in resolving the conflict with Iran.