Iran Nuclear Weapons Production To Get Backing From Russia; What Does The Soviet Union Gets In Return?
Iran's nuclear weapon programs have been under intense scrutiny from most of the countries in the world but Russia doesn't mind. In fact, Moscow is even sponsoring the Islamic country's second nuclear reactor.
Iran's Ambassador to Moscow has confirmed on Monday that the Russian governments made a commitment in helping Tehran build a nuclear weapon, a move that raised concerns from the United States.
"The agreements that are being developed are mutually beneficial. Russia will buy Iranian oil, and with the money received Iran will be buying from Russia what it needs ," Mehdi Sanai explained in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.
"Iran could spend a part of the money on the construction by Russian companies of a second reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant."
According to Sanai, the agreement covers a wide scope. Russia will fund Iran's spending from energy to banking, and other matters.
"For example, Lukoil operated in the Anaran oilfield," Sanai said.
"The talks could also be about a purchase by Iran of hundreds of megawatts of electricity from Russia.
"The Presidents of Russia and Iran agreed on the key parameters of cooperation during their first meeting in Bishkek in September last year... It's not impossible that the documents will have been signed by August," said the ambassador.
This cooperation comes in the wake of the Iran Nuclear Talks that was attended by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna, Austria. The meeting, which was also attended by diplomats from China, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K. and the US, was held to discuss the Tehran's nuclear weapon-related transactions and the sanctions to be imposed on them.
The country-members slammed the Iran-Russia deal. However, the Iran and Russia delegates were unfazed.
"Iran and Russia exchanged ambassadors in 1520![ more than two centuries before US independence] Tehran and Moscow don't need the permission of the third parties to develop bilateral relations," Sanai said.
