President Putin pits himself as a potential mediator but that's not an easy sell, writes the BBC's Russia editor.
It's happened twice now in a week.
A telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and Iran.
As the US and Israel continue their strikes on Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin is styling himself as international peacemaker.
That's not an easy sell.
After all, it was the Kremlin leader who ordered Russia's full-scale invasion of an independent sovereign nation in 2022.
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