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“The Iranian leadership is proceeding from the fact that the United
States will not launch a strike in upcoming months, primarily for
political reasons. President [Barack] Obama is a president of peace,
he has received a Nobel prize, and it is now just absolutely
unacceptable for him to start his actions by launching a third war
along with Iraq and Afghanistan,” Arbatov concluded.
Originally published by Zvezda TV, Moscow, in Russian 1000 9 Feb 10.