Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran's nuclear program on Tuesday at talks with the visiting Sultan of Oman, state news agency TASS quoted a Kremlin official as saying. Oman has been involved in mediating between Iran and the United States as President Donald Trump seeks an agreement that would prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said is visiting Russia ahead of a third round of talks between Tehran and Washington.

Trump’s Russia-friendly de The Russian general died in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, according to authorities, with news of the blast breaking just before US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.