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| Russia very alarmed at Iranian nuclear stance |
| 2010-02-20 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Russia said on Friday it was "very alarmed" by Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA, after the U.N. nuclear agency said it feared Tehran might be working to develop a nuclear-armed missile. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei repeated Iran's insistence that suspicions about its nuclear program were baseless. But the U.S.-led campaign for more sanctions against Tehran appeared to be gaining ground. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated that Moscow's patience was wearing very thin. "We are very alarmed and we cannot accept this, that Iran is refusing to cooperate with the IAEA," Lavrov told the Ekho Moskvy radio station in an interview. "For about 20 years, the Iranian leadership carried out its clandestine nuclear program without reporting it to the IAEA," he said. "I do not understand why there was such secrecy." Khamenei was quoted as saying by Iranian media: "The West's accusations are baseless because our religious beliefs bar us from using such weapons ... We do not believe in atomic weapons and are not seeking that." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The Iranians invented Chess |
| Posted by: 746 2010-02-20 10:31 |
| #1 "I do not understand why there was such secrecy." Because, Mr. Lavrov, Iran doesn't feel that it has anything to lose. Iran feels the West can't/won't do anything about it so what the heck. So far they have been right. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-02-20 00:31 |