"In Iran, Putin Warns Against Military Action" by NAZILA FATHI and C.J. CHIVERS
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told a summit meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran today that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable and in a declaration the countries agreed that none of them would allow their territories to be used as a base for launching military strikes against any of the others.
“We should not even think of making use of force in this region,” Mr. Putin said.
Mr. Putin’s comments and the declaration come at a time when France and the United States have refused to rule out military action to halt Iran’s nuclear energy program, which they believe masks a desire to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is solely for peaceful purposes.
Mr. Putin arrived in Tehran today for meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and leaders from three other nearby Caspian Sea nations that have rich oil and gas resources, promising to use diplomacy to try to resolve the international debate over Iran’s nuclear program.
[I wonder if they are part of the SCO?]
His statements, which were consistent with his past positions cautioning against military action against Iran, were nonetheless stark in their setting and firmly emphasized his differences with the United States over the extent of Iran’s threat and the means to counter it.
“Not only should we reject the use of force, but also the mention of force as a possibility,” Mr. Putin said. “This is very important. We must not submit to other states in the case of aggression or some other kind of military action directed against one of the Caspian countries.”
Russia has blocked a third set of sanctions against Iran at the United Nations that are intended to persuade the country to stop enrichment activities.
Mr. Putin, who has emphasized the need for further dialogue and working within the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure that Iran’s nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes, was scheduled to meet Mr. Ahmadinejad twice today.
He has further called into question the concerns of the United States and France that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, saying that while he seeks transparency of Iran’s program he as yet has not seen clear evidence of any Iranian intention to make nuclear weapons.
[Because there is none; they are building a POWER PLANT!
What you are being fed, Amurkn, is Zionist-controlled MSM shit about Iran]
Mr. Putin’s remarks also underscored a longstanding unease in the Kremlin with what it regards as a creeping American military presence in Central Asia.
Since the terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001, the Pentagon has built a military base in Kyrgyzstan to support operations in Afghanistan, and has expanded its military collaboration with Azerbaijan, including underwriting an upgrade of a former Soviet airfield there.
It also has an agreement allowing military transport planes en route to Afghanistan to refuel in Turkmenistan, a country that has made neutrality a cornerstone of its foreign policy.
The American presence and collaboration in the region has alarmed Moscow, and its potential access to improved airfields in two countries bordering Iran — Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan — has fueled speculation that the airfields could support actions against Tehran.
Mr. Ahmadinejad intimated as much in his statements today. “On many issues we have reached final agreement but we also need collective cooperation,” said Mr. Ahmadinejad at the gathering. “The goal is to keep the sea clear of military competitions and keep foreigners out of the region.”
As part of the talks expected later, Mr. Putin and Mr. Ahmadinejad planned to discuss the completion of a nuclear power plant that Russia is building in the southern city of Bushehr. Russia has given various reasons for the delay in completing the plant.
Mr. Putin... went ahead with the trip despite a report of a possible assassination plot against him in Iran.
[And CUI BONO, reader?
This is a ridiculous charge (unless one of the CIA's M.E.K. or Baluch agents were behind it).
Obviously is a deception put out by western intel.
Why would the Iranians want to harm their greatest friend and defender?
Answer: They wouldn't.
CUI BONO, reader?
Who WOULD NOT want Putin visiting Iran?
USRAEL!!!!!!!!
Other news agencies published similar reports on Monday, but without details or evidence. Iran dismissed the reports as a fabrication.
[That would be USrael, all right!]
Russia and China hold veto power on the United Nations Security Council, and Iran is relying on both countries which have important trade ties with Iran to oppose another round of sanctions. Moscow voted for two sets of sanctions but it has said that it will not support a third set without convincing evidence that Iran has a program to build nuclear weapons.
[And, of course, that evidence does not exist -- except in the forged and fraudulent intelligence of USrael!]
Mr. Putin added that the two countries planned to cooperate on space, aviation and energy issues and suggested that the tensions with the West over Iran’s nuclear program had provided Russia a unique role. “Russia is the only country that is helping Iran to realize its nuclear program in a peaceful way.”
[So why would Iranians want to kill him?
Pfffffffttttttt!!!!!]
And you stoo-pido Amurkns thought Gates would be a brake?
"Gates says all options on table for Iran" by Kristin Roberts Reuters Tuesday October 16, 2007
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday all options for dealing with Iran must remain open and called for international pressure and tougher sanctions to curb Tehran's nuclear aspirations.
"With a government of this nature, only a united front of nations will be able to exert enough pressure to make Iran abandon its nuclear aspirations -- a source of great anxiety and instability in the region," Gates said in speech to the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.
"Our allies must work together on robust, far-reaching, and strongly enforced economic sanctions," he said, also noting a need for political and diplomatic pressure.
"And, as President (George W.) Bush has said, with this regime, we must also keep all options on the table," said Gates in comments prepared for delivery to the nonprofit group that advocates a link between U.S. and Israeli security interests.
The United States and other Western nations fear Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a peaceful nuclear energy program. Iran denies it wants nuclear weapons.
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