Posted on 11/24/2005 2:16:42 AM PST by mym
MOSCOW, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia said it was possible Iran's nuclear dossier would be referred to the UN Security Council, although it considers the move baseless and will continue to support negotiations within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Russian foreign minister said Thursday.
"We are not excluding the possibility of handing over the Iranian nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council. However, we currently see no reasons for this," Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
"Everything will depend on what particularly is proven," Lavrov said. "Guessing without a clear understanding of what the discussion will be about is not for me, and I advise others to do the same."
Iran's last chance.
On this day of Thanksgiving, it would be nice if the media didn't start crawling under my skin with one of my pet peeves so early in the morning. Russia is a country and countries don't speak. Perhaps a representative of the Russian government said this. Russia did not. Another thing that bugs the crap out of me, have you noticed that, depending on the decision, the headline will read either, "Americans ban the murder of kittens," or. "Bush administration backs kitten murder?" How about, "America says NO to liberal media." I'm ready for that one.
The two-bit leaders of this errant Mullah-autocracy have very little to fear unless and until the military option is hanging over them like a sword of Damocles. Ironically, while Russia's action may appear to spell trouble for Iran, it actually bodes quite well for their nuclear ambitions with the UN's track record being what it is.
==Ironically, while Russia's action may appear to spell trouble for Iran, it actually bodes quite well for their nuclear ambitions with the UN's track record being what it is.==
Russian position is explainable.
Iran never supported Chechen terrorists and never gave troubles to Russia. That's why Russia considers Iran as partner in some areas. Russia doesn't want to give nuke to Iran but wants to sell lightwater nuclear reactor ($1 bln load for russian industry is a significant amount).
You are wrong saying 'Russia bodes'. Russia suggested a simple solution: to enrich uranium on Russian territory. Iran rejected. You see, iranian Mullahs entrap themselves.
mym,
Dear comrade! Your tiny nuggget of information reveals so very much about you!
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My impression is that you are from an earlier generation, perhaps even lived through WWII. I welcome your comments.
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http://www.flags.net/RUSS.htm
Spaciva, Dosvedanya.
==My impression is that you are from an earlier generation, perhaps even lived through WWII.==
Wrong, I'm 26. I was 12 when USSR collapsed.
Does anyone seriously believe that Iran is not trying to build nuclear weapons?
C'mon, even the IAEA knows this. So why all the pussy-footing around.
Iran wants them. There are no inspection procedures that can stop them when they want it so bad.
So just get it over with and impose the sanctions and get the Russians to pull out.
==So just get it over with and impose the sanctions==
Diplomacy. You can't simply turn sanctions on and off. You need strong proof.
US officials have in recent months shared with experts from the IAEA and other countries classified details of tens of thousands of pages of technical information recovered from a stolen Iranian laptop. The documents, written in Farsi and obtained last year, are said to reveal experiments with warhead designs characteristic of nuclear devices.
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