Iran
Putin grows confident on the comeback trail
June 15, 2010by Pavel K. Baev For most of last week Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, traveled to places he knows well and feels good about –Istanbul and Paris. These were neither tourist getaways nor business trips; he had plenty of delicate high-profile political...
Iran sanctions 'will not affect' Russia missile deal
June 11, 2010Russia has said its long-standing contract to supply surface-to-air missiles to Iran will not be affected by new UN sanctions. Russia agreed to supply Iran with S-300 systems several years ago but has not delivered them. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Iran dismisses new UN sanctions
June 10, 2010Iran has dismissed new sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council to try to curb the country's controversial nuclear activities. Iran's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, insisted Iran will not stop enriching uranium. Twelve...
Iran faces 'most significant UN nuclear sanctions'
June 09, 2010Iran faces its toughest sanctions for failing to comply with UN demands over its nuclear enrichment, the US says. The Security Council is set to vote on a fourth round of sanctions to tighten financial curbs on Iran, while expanding a limited arms embargo...
U.S. General Accuses Iran of Helping Taliban in Afghanistan
May 31, 2010By Sean Maroney The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says there is "clear evidence" that Iran is providing weapons and training to Taliban fighters in the war-torn country. U.S. General Stanley McChrystal told...
Russia rejects Iranian criticism of Moscow as 'emotional'
May 28, 2010By Peter Fedynsky Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is rejecting Iranian criticism of his country's support for new sanctions against Tehran's nuclear program. Asked at a Moscow news conference about Mr. Ahmadinejad's criticism of Russia the previous...
Amnesty International releases its 2010 human rights report
May 28, 2010By Elizabeth Lee There is still no scarcity of poverty and human degradation around the world. But Amnesty International says in its latest annual human rights report that people are being held accountable for some of the worst violations. "We...
The Iranian trap for Medvedev’s opportunistic foreign policy
May 24, 2010By Pavel K. Baev The draft resolution on new sanctions against Iran introduced by the US at the UN Security Council last Tuesday has caught Moscow in a trap set primarily by its own unprincipled diplomatic maneuvering. On previous occasions, Moscow tried...
Russia to sell Iran missiles despite UN sanctions
May 21, 2010A senior Russian lawmaker says proposed United Nations sanctions against Iran will not affect Russia's plans to sell Tehran surface-to-air missiles. Mikhail Margelov - head of the Federation Council's foreign affairs committee - says Russia's contract...
Moscow not ready to risk absorbing Georgia's South Ossetia
May 19, 2010By Paul Goble Despite calls by the president of North Ossetia for uniting his republic with South Ossetia within in the Russian Federation, Moscow is not yet ready to take that step lest it trigger a new round of instability in the North Caucasus and...