Moscow May Strike Back at the West by Changing its Stance on Iran
March 19 2014
My goodness how it seems that Putin just has all the cards and the Ace up his sleeve! He is on a roll! Are we next on his hit list of land take-over?
A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow may change its stance in the Iranian nuclear talks amid tensions with the West.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted Wednesday as saying by the Interfax news agency that Russia didn’t want to use the Iranian nuclear talks to “raise stakes,” but may have to do so in response to the actions by the United States and the European Union.
The statement is the most serious threat of retaliation by Moscow after the U.S. and the EU announced sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis. Read more
(Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Wednesday he was optimistic that Tehran and six world powers can reach a broad settlement in their nuclear dispute by a July 20 deadline.
Speaking on the second day of talks with the six nations in Vienna, he said negotiations were going “well”, so far. Asked whether he expected negotiators to meet their deadline, he told Reuters: “yes, I do … I am optimistic about July 20″.