Iran behaving irresponsibly, says Medvedev
April 27th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran is behaving irresponsibly regarding international concerns over Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.
“Iran so far does not show proper understanding and behaves irresponsibly enough. This is all sad of course. Therefore, if this situation continues we exclude nothing and sanctions as well,” Medvedev told Danish Broadcasting Corporation ahead of his official visit to Denmark Tuesday.
The US and other countries suspect Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear energy programme and are seeking new sanctions following Iran’s move to enrich uranium to 20 percent.
“Sanctions of course are bad in their nature as they seldom yield results. But why not, as all other means of influence are exhausted,” he said.
The Iran Six group of countries - France, Britain, Germany, the US, Russia and China - began April 19 discussions on the text of a draft resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme.
Russia and China are insisting on resolving Iran’s nuclear issue peacefully, but the US, Britain, France and Germany are pushing for harsher sanctions against the country.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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