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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia says deal “impossible” if Iran ignores IAEA
2006-03-12
London, Mar. 11 – Russia has said that a deal with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is “impossible” unless Tehran suspended its uranium enrichment activities, a request that has been outright rejected by Iranian officials, the Russian News & Information Agency quoted a Russian negotiator as having said on Saturday.

“Russia considers a joint uranium enrichment venture with Iran impossible if the Iranian side fails to comply with IAEA demands”, RIA Novosti reported. “The IAEA demands include Iran's resumption of moratorium on uranium enrichment and ratification of an additional protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty”, it quoted the unnamed official as having said.
That's worked well so far ...
“Since Iran has failed to reach agreement with the IAEA, Russia considers the creation of a joint venture impossible”.

MoscowÂ’s proposal involved Iran carrying out enrichment exclusively on Russian soil in return for it to receive nuclear assistance from the West and avoid facing punitive measures.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  *sigh* Where's a mod to clean up when you need one...
Posted by: Edward Yee   2006-03-12 23:34  

#2  Everyone knows that neither Russia nor China will allow Iran or any other lessor Muslim nation to have nuke arsenals capable of challenging theirs, nor any par Iran-centric regional empire either. As long as Iran's focii is ags the USA-West, Russia-China can tolerate an Iran having a very small handful of likely low-yield nukes/WMDS. Radical Iran wants similar EMPIRE but knows deep down that, worse to worse, its people are better off under the control of the USA-West, or the US-led UNO, than under Russia or China. Possession of nukes = post-Cold War equiv of State-specific MANIFEST DESTINY even for the Rogues, as the only choices for nations whom refuse to democratize or reform is CONTINUED SLAVERY AND NATIONAL REGRESSION UNTO INEVITABLE IMPLOSION AND SELF-OBLIVION, OR NATIONAL STATE SUICIDE, e.g. NORTH KOREA. The hated Status Quo goes on, or they help defeat and destroy the USA and eventually the West so as to achieve prestige in the future Commie OWG.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-03-12 21:16  

#1  Sure wish that John Negorponte would put out those Saddam Hussein bootleg tapes. I'm betting that those balalaika players really cooked.
Posted by: Perfessor   2006-03-12 16:16  

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