�� Watch Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with Channel 4 presenter Cathy Newman (25 March 2026)

Key talking points:

• Unprovoked and reckless aggression against Iran should be stopped immediately. It has enormous consequences not only for the Middle East, but for the whole world. As soon as the parties involved stop it and return to the diplomatic negotiations which have been interrupted, it will be the best outcome.

• There should be a normal conversation between the US and Iran on a settlement, on finding a certain balance of interests and a balance of understanding on which they can immediately stop military action.

• We stand for a comprehensive model of peace in the Persian Gulf, and we have developed a concept of such comprehensive peace, in which the interests of every country in the region will be taken into account, including Iran.

• The US made two underestimations: first, that Iran would give up and that the regime would change after the first strikes. The second underestimation, or rather a complete miscalculation, was that there would be no economic consequences. Both were wrong.

• The US needs this peace deal even more than Iran, because Iran is now fighting for its cause, and what the U.S. is doing there is a big question, since no clear goals have been defined, and no exit strategy has been established.

• If someone in the UK believes that Ukraine will have a chance to win something, this is a kind of self-inflicted hypnosis. Ukraine is losing. And to invest in a losing country — that’s a grave mistake.

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