TehranGulf states urged Lavrov to press Iran on Hormuz shipping.
Monarchies allied with Washington now turn to Russia to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Gulf Cooperation Council says Iran fired over 7,000 missiles and drones, and wants its missile programme in any deal.
Iran’s foreign ministry says Pakistan and Qatar, not Russia, remain the actual mediators.
Polymarket traders give an Iran–Oman Hormuz agreement by 31 October a 6% chance, down 11 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 60+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online
- casts Lavrov's trip as a Gulf appeal to Moscow, citing GCC claims of 7,000+ Iranian missiles and drones against member states
- The New Arab
- reads Lavrov's visit as a possible Russian mediation channel, linking it to Qatar and Pakistan's push for a US-Iran breakthrough
- Yahoo
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, The New Arab, Yahoo