Putin Cautions Iran In With Raisi Amid Big War Fears by Telegraph

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dialled his Russian counterpart on April 16 and discussed the escalating situation in the Middle East as Israel weighs options to retaliate to Tehran's weekend attack. Putin “expressed hope that all parties will show reasonable restraint and will not allow a new round of confrontation, fraught with catastrophic consequences for the entire region.” A readout released by the Kremlin said that both presidents agreed that the root cause of the current conflict is the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Watch for more details.