October 07, 2004

Russia to continue nuclear cooperation with Iran

Russia will continue its nuclear energy cooperation with Iran, a senior Russian official said Thursday, despite international concern that Teheran might be trying to develop atomic weapons.

"We have been cooperating and will continue to cooperate with Iran in the peaceful
[HA!--Jen]
usage of nuclear energy," Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said, according to the Interfax news agency. "It does not matter if there is pressure or not, but it does matter that we will comply with all legal commitments in cooperation with Iran."

Russia is completing a US$800 million deal to build a nuclear reactor at Bushehr in southern Iran, a project that has drawn concern from the United States and Israel.

Bushehr is just the one they'll talk about...it's thought that there are at least 14 more nuke facilities in Iran.

As long as Russia and Putin continue to support states who sponsor Islamist terrorism like Iran, they will continue to suffer under attacks by "Chechen freedom fighters" like the Beslan school massacre.
Putin--and dare I add John Kerry and his supporters?-- doesn't get it--Bush, along with Blair of the UK, Australia's John Howard, Kwasniewski of Poland and Koziumi Of Japan do.
Thank God!