Iran Says Russia And China Will Protect Them From Sanctions
UNITED NATIONS - Iran said Tuesday it does not expect new U.N. sanctions anytime soon because it is cooperating with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on its disputed nuclear program, and Russian and China are supporting this process.
Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said last week’s report from the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear history was “a very positive one.”
“I do not think that (in) the near future we are going to witness another resolution in the United Nations Security Council against Iran,” he said. “The reason is that I think more than ever, the whole world today found out that the only and the best way to address the issue of Iranian nuclear peaceful energy program is the agency.”
The United States, Britain and France, have been pressing for a new sanctions resolution to further pressure a defiant Iran to halt uranium enrichment, which it has refused to do despite numerous council demands. But veto-wielding China and Russia have repeatedly voiced opposition to a third round of sanctions.
Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in September that Tehran would ignore Security Council demands and sanctions imposed by “arrogant powers” to curb its nuclear program. Instead, he said, Iran had decided to pursue the monitoring of its nuclear program through the IAEA, the U.N.’s legal body dealing with nuclear issues.
Khazaee stressed that working with the IAEA is the way to resolve the dispute.
“The Russians and the Chinese, of course, are supporting the cooperation between IAEA and Iran and they think this is the right way to go at it,” he said.
He warned that if the Security Council seeks a third sanctions resolution it would not only undermine the credibility of the IAEA but “would not encourage” Iran’s continued work with the nuclear agency.
(AP)
The IAEA also reported that it could not rule out that Iran had a secret weapons program because of restrictions Tehran placed on its inspectors two years ago. The IAEA also reported that Iran continued to defy the Security Council’s demand to suspend uranium enrichment.
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When even the IAEA, run by Islamist ElB., won’t give Iran a pass, then it’s time to lock and load.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:04 amAircraft carrier sized hats strain necks of Russian troops
November 21st, 2007 at 1:59 ameuh, no, Apparently a spy in the Switzerland embassy in Teheran sold the news to the Russians, that US agreed for a meeting with Iran on the issue of Irak ; and anyway Iranians feel better with a western regime as partner ; Russians and Chineses are making pression on Iran again, reversed their discourses and said that the uranium enrichment for military purpose might be true.
The Iranian are playing on the rasor thread, one day in advance on their adversaries is a possible joker… May-be we’ll see an evolution towards a global agreement on the ME there ; but Talibans and Pakistan will remain a threat
November 21st, 2007 at 2:10 am