Clenched And Building Nukes While Russia "Plays Western Diplomats For Fools"

Russia Tries to Block Report on Iran Nukes:

With the International Atomic Energy Agency set to release a new report next month detailing Iran’s efforts to create a nuclear weapon, Tehran’s main protector in the international community is making a last ditch effort to squelch the watchdog group’s efforts to blow the whistle on this threat. Russia announced today it opposed the IAEA’s plans to publish a report about the military implications of Iran’s illegal push for nukes. In what can only be described as an utterly disingenuous appeal, Moscow said bringing out the truth would heighten suspicion about Iran’s nuclear program and “strain” efforts to bring about a diplomatic solution to the problem... Since the beginning of the last decade, Iran has played Western diplomats for fools with Russian assistance. Every effort to reach out to Tehran, including the Bush administration’s try at outsourcing diplomacy via France and Germany and Barack Obama​’s celebrated and disastrous “engagement” policy has been a failure, though not from lack of Western effort.

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