Russia to UAE, Iran steps up diplomacy amid Trump threats: What we know

What happened: Iran stepped up diplomacy amid US President Donald Trump's suggestions that Washington could resume full-scale strikes, offering a new nuclear and peace proposal via Qatari mediators and sending its top security official to Moscow. Key numbers: Iran set seven demands, including Why it matters: Iran says it will neither open the Strait of Hormuz nor negotiate until its seven conditions are met, while the US insists a nuclear deal must precede wider peace talks. A Carnegie scholar said Russia's supply shows willingness to keep backing Iran despite its own wartime demands.

Iran stepped up diplomacy amid US President Donald Trump's suggestions that Washington could resume full-scale strikes, offering a new nuclear and peace proposal via Qatari mediators and sending its top security official to Moscow.

Iran says it will neither open the Strait of Hormuz nor negotiate until its seven conditions are met, while the US insists a nuclear deal must precede wider peace talks. A Carnegie scholar said Russia's supply shows willingness to keep backing Iran despite its own wartime demands.