Reputation Uranium

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov, left, and Iranian nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, who is secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, leave the media conference after their talks in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005.

Moscow that endeavors to prevent transfer of Iranian files to the UN Security Council is apparently in troubled waters now. During his visit to Iran, Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov has failed to persuade Teheran to move to Russia the uranium enrichment stage of the nuclear program of the country.

Quite a few top-ranked officials of Iran stepped in with decisive statements Saturday, meaning Iran is no longer scared of exacerbating relations with the international community, when it comes to its right for uranium enrichment. These moves of Iran have crossed out all chances for adjusting the nuclear differences without referring them to the UN Security Council , all efforts of Russia notwithstanding. READ MORE

Before Ivanov’s tour to Iran, the uranium that is required by the latter to proceed with the nuclear program was expected to be enriched in Russia. Should it happen, the world would get guarantees that Iran’s nuclear program is securely supervised, while, Iran, in its turn, would be able to go ahead with speeding up the nuclear industry of its own.

But these hopes have failed to materialize. Now, no one is inspired by Ivanov’s statement about the necessity to continue negotiations and that the chances of the dialog on Iranian nuclear problem have not run out yet. Ivanov said Moscow is ready to assist to reviving the talks between Iran and the European trio (France, Germany, UK), but added that no proposals of Russia concerning the settlement of the nuclear problem of Iran have been canvassed in time of his visit.