The two discussed Israel and Iran for 50 minutes, with Mr Putin pushing for Russia’s proposal to resolve concerns about Tehran’s nuclear program, according to a readout from Russian official Yuri Ushakov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy.

Israel's attack on Iran is a "blueprint" for how World War Three would unfold, according to Anthony Glees, an academic in security and defence and a lecturer at the University of Buckingham

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke separately with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 13, amid a sweeping Israeli air assault on Iran that killed top military officials and targeted the country's nuclear infrastructure.

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Israel’s wave of strikes on Iran, the Kremlin said Friday, following separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Presiden

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's military had targeted Iran's attempts to build a nuclear bomb with its overnight strikes.

Major General Apti Alaudinov, a prominent figure in Russia's military leadership, urged the Kremlin to carry out mass mobilisation of up to one million fresh troops following Israel's recent attack on