Thursday
Sep242009
UPDATE Russia and Iran's Nuclear Programme

Moscow is showing more of the stick to Tehran. On Wednesday, according to Haaretz, a senior Russian delegate said that Moscow is ready to discuss further sanctions against Iran if UN nuclear inspectors declare that the Islamic Republic has not fulfilled its commitments:
I do not rule out Russia taking part in working out new decisions by the UN Security Council concerning sanctions against Iran if there are enough grounds for that provided by the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]....We have said this to our Iranian partners.