Russian FM: Threats of Iran sanctions won't work
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13-Oct-2009 (2 comments)

MOSCOW – Threatening Iran with more sanctions would be counterproductive, Russia's foreign minister declared Tuesday, resisting efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to win agreement for tougher measures if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke as Clinton visited Moscow, her first trip since becoming America's top diplomat, in an effort to gauge Moscow's willingness to join the U.S. in imposing sanctions.

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Farhad Kashani

Shah Gholam, You are a

by Farhad Kashani on

Shah Gholam,

You are a traitor, because only a traitor supports a country which bullies IRI and treats it like a whore and uses it just like a playcard in its fued with the West. No country has historically done more damage to Iran than Russia, and you have the audacity and the shamelessness to come out and support it.

Your demeneted anti American desires are pathetic.


Bavafa

This shows that why the

by Bavafa on

This shows that why the West can not be trusted with any agreement and proves their warmongering nature. The more Iran gives in, the more they want to take.

But thanks to GWB, the world has become much more bipolar.

Mehrdad