Russia, China Caution IAEA to File Fair Report on Iran

[Purveyor]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Reports said Russia and China are urging the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to act fairly when issuing its next report on Iran.

"Russians and Chinese are not pressuring the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to refrain from reporting on the realities of Iran's nuclear program," one Western diplomat said.

Another Western envoy to the agency said however that they expected the IAEA head, Yukiya Amano, to resist western countries' pressures and publish the report the week before a November 17-18 meeting of the 35-member IAEA board, as planned.

What Amano says in the report "is not going to be a reflection on who has bent his ear in one direction or the other," the Vienna-based diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.

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[yurbud]

1. this is a crucial story--if our constant threats toward Iran are followed by military action...

it could lead to a world war.

Russia in particular has shown remarkable restraint as we have used force and the positioning of our troops to wrestle pipeline business from the Caspian Sea away from them.

If we try to take Iran, that would give us hegemony over the top three oil reserves in the world, and with that control of the spigot, we could control the access and price of oil to China and India, and the price Russia can get for their oil.

If you are the leaders of one of those countries, that would look like a very real strategic threat.

[walerosco]

2. They deserve what they get for not vetoing

the NFZ resolution over Libya

[yurbud]

3. the have a limited number of cards to play and they are holding them close to the vest