Russia slaps weakling Obama again - Russia rejects sanctions on Iran's economy
Leroy N. Soetoro
Russia has indicated that it will agree to any new sanctions against Iran
only if the punitive measures target the country's nuclear program and not
its economy.
"If in future hypothetically, if new sanctions are imposed, we are sure
that sanctions should be limited to non-proliferation only," Russia's
Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters in the German city of
Munich.
The sanctions, he explained, should "not be expanded to cultural,
humanitarian, economic parts of Iranian activity."
The annual security conference was also attended by the Iranian Foreign
Minster, Manouchehr Mottaki, who was upbeat on his meeting with the head
of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano.
"Today I had a very good meeting with the head of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano," Iran's top diplomat said on the
sidelines of the conference in southern Germany.
When asked about the nature of the discussions, the IAEA chief said their
meeting had "covered a variety of areas."
"That included of course in Iran and the Tehran research reactor. We had a
very interesting discussion, and on my part I can currently say that
dialogue is continuing and should be accelerated," he added.
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus
Germany, also known as the P5+1 group, failed to agree on new punitive
measures against Iran last month.
The West has been pressuring Tehran to accept a UN-backed draft deal which
requires Iran to send most of its domestically produced low-enriched
uranium (LEU) abroad for conversion into a more refined fuel for the
Tehran nuclear reactor that produces medical isotopes.
Iran, however, has not accepted the proposal, calling for "concrete
guarantees" for the return of the refined fuel since some Western
countries, namely France and Germany, have previously failed to honor
their nuclear commitments to Tehran without any repercussions.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday declared that Tehran
would have "no problem" sending out its stock of LEU for further
refinement into the nuclear fuel required for the Tehran reactor.
EU and US officials have, however, rejected Iran's concerns, accusing the
Islamic Republic of trying to buy time to delay planned sanctions on
Iran's entire energy sector, including its oil and natural gas industries.
MT/MB
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Juan
wrote:
Awwwk! Leroy want a Fixed News cracker? Russia bitchslapped the GOP,
the Shrub and Cheney years ago with this, just like I bitchslap you at
will right here! LOL!
HHnC
More "Peace Dividend," I see. Maybe it's time to reduce the military
some more.
Michael Coburn
subject line:
"Russia slaps weakling Obama again - Russia rejects sanctions on Iran's
economy"
> http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118047§ionid=351020104
>
> Russia has indicated that it will agree to any new sanctions against
> Iran only if the punitive measures target the country's nuclear program
> and not its economy.
>
> "If in future hypothetically, if new sanctions are imposed, we are sure
> that sanctions should be limited to non-proliferation only," Russia's
> Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters in the German city of
> Munich.
>
> The sanctions, he explained, should "not be expanded to cultural,
> humanitarian, economic parts of Iranian activity."
Which means of course that food, art, and medicine cannot be part of the
sanctions. Read on and find what the sanctions will be.
This is the part of this article that of importance.
> EU and US officials have, however, rejected Iran's concerns, accusing
> the Islamic Republic of trying to buy time to delay planned sanctions on
> Iran's entire energy sector, including its oil and natural gas
> industries.
>
> MT/MB
Got that, lying pigs? On "Iran's entire energy sector, including its oil
and gas industries".
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