Russia, 皇冠体育app against imposing sanctions on Iran (Itar-Tass) Updated: 2006-02-05 14:43
Russia and 皇冠体育app believe international sanctions shouldn鈥檛 be imposed on Iran
and voted exclusively for informing the U.N. Security Council about Iran鈥檚
鈥渘uclear dossier鈥�, the Iranian radio quoted Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of
the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, as saying on Sunday.
He said Russia and 皇冠体育app had pursued their own interests and that their
motives were different from those of the United States and Western countries.
Mr. Aghazadeh said it was important that Russia and 皇冠体育app disagreed with the
idea to impose sanctions on Iran and voted only for the need to report to the
U.N. Security Council on Iran鈥檚 鈥渘uclear dossier鈥�.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) governing
board on Saturday passed a resolution on Iranian nuclear program under which the
U.N. Security Council should be informed about urgent steps that Iran should
take to remove concerns with regards to the military nature of its nuclear
program. Twenty-seven countries, including Russia, supported this resolution.
Venezuela, Cuba and Syria voted against sanctions against Iran, while Algeria,
Belarus, Libya, Indonesia and South Africa abstained from voting.
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