Russia's Lavrov lands in Tehran to push mediation in US-Iran war

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Tehran on Monday, his first visit to Iran since the US-Israel war, to advance Moscow's mediation role.

• Lavrov landed in Tehran on Monday for talks with Pezeshkian and Araghchi, his first visit since the war began February 28.
• At Sunday's Russia-GCC dialogue in Manama, Gulf states urged Lavrov to press Iran for "serious dialogue" and restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
• GCC chief Jasem Al-Budaiwi said member states faced more than 7,000 Iranian missiles and drones since the war began.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin told Pezeshkian earlier this month that Moscow is ready to mediate to end the war.
• Lavrov said Russia is ready to help find an acceptable solution to the US-Iran crisis and urged the parties to return to dialogue.
• Araghchi welcomed any idea guaranteeing regional security without foreign involvement and blamed the United States for instability in the Strait of Hormuz.
• Lavrov said Russian workers will gradually return to Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, reaffirming Moscow's commitment to its strategic cooperation agreement with Tehran.
• Lavrov told the Iranian foreign minister that conditions in the Strait of Hormuz must be restored to their pre-war state.