Atom: Putin still help Iran

During the last summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), held Thursday in Beijing, Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was present as an observer. On this occasion, Putin reiterated the traditional relations of friendship between Russia and Iran, and Moscow's commitment to promote the technological modernization of the Islamic Republic. From these premises, the Russian president supported Iran's right to develop its own civilian nuclear technology and said that the Kremlin would be in constant contact with Tehran for a peaceful solution of the crisis, right on the nuclear issue, has isolated the Islamic Republic by the international community. The Russian head of state reiterated its commitment to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and trust against Iran, arguing that the ayatollahs' regime is working constructively and that would not be developing nuclear weapons. The Iranian president reiterated the right of the Iranian people "access to modern technologies", including the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and has given Russia a key role in resolving the crisis, calling it a "great and powerful nation, which was capable of solving big issues with honor and take his place on the international stage. " Moreover, Ahmadinejad thanked Putin for the Russian technological cooperation in the nuclear field, which has made possible the new plant at Bushehr has become, now, "a symbol of positive and constructive cooperation" between the two countries. Probably Putin hopes to revive a key role of Russia in the international arena and, perhaps, to have some concessions in energy policy and the negotiation of the legal status of the Caspian.At the same time, Putin wants to "de westernize" the resolution of the Syrian crisis, giving Iran an important role. Russia seeks thus to gain credit as a benchmark for a country isolated and out of the embarrassment of having supported the sanctions against the regime in Tehran. The Kremlin hopes now to make Iran more flexible to cooperate with the IAEA and to play a role as mediator relaunching its diplomacy just days before the next round of talks between Iran and the group 5 +1, which will take place right in Moscow on 18 and 19 June. The West, seeking to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program sospettandone purposes of war, remains skeptical, and Washington said they were willing to tougher sanctions against Iran if the round in Moscow will not bring progress negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Nothing is good in dal'ultimo alarm raised by Robert Wood, the American representative to the IAEA, who reported an apparent cooperation from the Iranian authorities that, in fact, will have already have enough nuclear material to manufacture a significant number of warheads.