between the two leaders on Friday. Moscow did not disclose how Trump responded or what Iran's position entails. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin acted "in coordination with the Iranian president," relaying Tehran's views on resolving the conflict. The call followed Putin's meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at a summit in Turkmenistan earlier in the week, where Putin expressed interest in helping broker peace. Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict—now more than seven months old, having started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February—have stalled since the summer. A June memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran laid out a framework for ending the conflict, but Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz led to a resumption of US military operations. Recent indirect talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly also failed to produce a breakthrough. One note: the text says the conflict began with US-Israeli strikes "in February" and describes it as more than seven months long. If today's date is October 2026, that timeline doesn't line up, so you may want to check the source on those details. (Bssnews)