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پوتين:خواهان ديدار با احمدي نژاد هستم ولي بوش نميگذارد

روسها كه در جلسه G8 پيشنهاد استقرار سپر موشكي آمريكا در آذربايجان مطرح نموده بود به دنبال جلب اطمينان ايران هستند تا ثابت كنند اين استقرار هيچ خطري براي ايران ندارد تا اين موضوع موجبات تيرگي روابط ايران وروسيه را فراهم نياورد كه بعد از مواضع دوگانه روسيه در قبال پرونده هسته اي ايران وايجاد موانع مختلف در راه ساخت نيروگاه بوشهر از سوي پيمانكار روسي كمي تيرگي در روابط احساس مي شود وروسيه شديداً از آن گريزان است .

بنابر گزارش سرويس بين الملل سپهر و به نقل از سايت راديو اروپاي آزاد، مسكو به ايران اطمينان داده است كه اين كشور به آمريكا اجازه ي استفاده از امكانات راداري خود در آذربايجان موسوم به قبله را به عنوان بخشي از سپر موشكي بر عليه ايران نخواهد داد و اين عليرغم پيشنهاد هفته ي گذشته ي ولاديمير پوتين به جورج بوش ميباشد.
بنابر اين گزارش پيشنهاد اوليه روسيه به آمريكا، تقريباً مانوري براي داشتن موضع برتر در مذاكرات بر سر سيستم دفاع ضد موشكي بوده است و پوتين به نوعي به بوش بلوف زده است
اينترفكس نيز از مسكو گزارش كرد ، روز شنبه مذاكراتي بين سرگي كيسلاياك و غلام رضا انصاري سفير ايران در مسكو در جهت حل مشكل هسته اي ايران صورت گرفت.
بر پايه ي اين گزارش، ديپلمات*ها*ي دو طرف راجع به مسائل بين المللي و برنامه*ها*ي هسته اي جمهوري اسلامي ايران به بحث پرداختند.
گفته مي شود سرگي كيسلاياك مقام ارشد وزارت خارجه روسيه در رابطه با اطمينان به ايران در رابطه با سپر موشكي آمريكا بوده وگفته مي شود مقامات روسي خواهان گسترش روابط تهران ومسكو درسطح بالاتر از شرايط فعلي شده اند وحتي مبحث سفر ولادمير پوتين به تهران مطرح شده است .


در همين حال علاء الدين بروجردي، رييس كميسيون امنيت ملي و سياست خارجي مجلس و از افراد نزديك به دكتر علي اكبر ولايتي (رييس ستاد انتخابات ولايتي در زمان انتخابات) در گفت و گو با خبرنگار سپهر در مورد ديدار چند ماه پيش ولايتي و پوتين گفت: من شنيدم در اين ديدار، پوتين به دكتر ولايتي مي*گويد: من خواهان ديدار با احمدي نژاد هستم ولي نميدانم چرا بوش اينقدر به او حساس است به طوري كه شخصا از من درخواست كرده كه از ديدار با احمدي نژاد پرهيز كنم.

پوتين اضافه كرده: بوش بخشي از به ثمر ننشستن سياستهاي دولت خويش در عرصه سياست خارجي را متوجه شخص احمدي نژاد مي*داند.

بروجردي تاكيد كرد: در اين ديدار پوتين طرحي مناسب براي پرونده هسته اي ايران ارائه كرده و مجلس در اولين فرصت به بررسي همه جانبه آن خواهد پرداخت.

وي رفتن ولايتي به عنوان فرستاده ويژه رييس جمهور به روسيه را گامي مثبت در راستاي فراگير كردن دايره اصولگرايي و اهداف دولت خواند.

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هيات رسمی مسوول صادرات سلاح در روسيه اين خبر كه مسكو قصد فروش جنگنده به سوريه و ايران را دارد، تكذيب كرد.

به گزارش روز چهارشنبه پايگاه اينترنتی ,الشرق الاوسط, اين اظهارات بعد از آن بيان شد كه روزنامه ,كامرسانت, روسيه به نقل از منابعی در مجتمع صنعتی نظامی گفت كه روسيه اقدام به ارسال پنج فروند جنگنده از نوع ميگ ۳۱به سوريه كرده كه ايران نيز از اين معامله بهره مي*برد. اين روزنامه نوشت كه اين اقدام در چارچوب معاهده دفاعی مشترك بين مسكو و دمشق انجام گرفته است.

به گزارش الشرق الاوسط اين خبر موجب نارضايتی آمريكا و اسراييل شد كه از مسكو خواسته بودند از فروش سلاحهای جنگی به دمشق و يا تهران خودداری كند.

در ادامه گزارش آمده است كه ايران همچنين در صورت وجود بحران در برنامه هسته*ای خود تا زمانی كه واشنگتن گزينه نظامی عليه اين كشور انتخاب نكند، از سلاح نفت استفاده نخواهد كرد.

حسين كاظم*پور اردبيلی نماينده ايران در سازمان كشورهای صادركننده نفت در اظهاراتش گفت در صورتی كه آمريكا از محاصره ايران دست بردارد، اين كشور آماده صدور نفت به آمريكا خواهد بود.

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Russia suspends arms control pact

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended the application of a key Cold War arms control treaty.
Mr Putin signed a decree citing "exceptional circumstances" affecting security as the reason for the move.

Russia has been angered by US plans to base parts of a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

The US said it was "disappointed" by Russia's decision but would "continue to have discussions with them in the coming months" on how to proceed.

The 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) limits the number of heavy weapons deployed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Urals mountains.

The Russian suspension will become effective 150 days after other parties to the treaty have been notified, President Putin's decree says.

'Cornerstone'

The suspension is not a full-scale withdrawal - but it means that Russia will no longer permit inspections or exchange data on its deployments.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said Moscow was not "shutting the door to dialogue".

THE CFE TREATY
Cornerstone of European security
Limits amount of key military equipment in designated area
Negotiated by Nato and ex-Warsaw Pact member states
Signed in 1990
Came into force in 1992
Revised 1999 version never ratified by Nato


Russia sends warning

"We have submitted to our partners proposals on ways out of the situation. And we continue to wait for a constructive reaction," Mr Kislyak said.

A Nato spokesman echoed White House sentiments, saying the alliance "regretted" Russia's decision.

"The allies consider this treaty to be an important cornerstone of European security," James Appathurai said.

He added that the move was "a disappointing step in the wrong direction".

Nato allies in Eastern Europe also expressed "regret" at the Russian decision.

"We hope that Russia will stop taking unilateral steps and will return to the negotiating table because negotiations, not threats, can produce positive results," said a spokeswoman for the Czech foreign ministry.

Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said the decision was "disconcerting" and might be related to the planned missile defence system.

But it could also be influenced by Russia's internal politics - as a display of strength ahead of presidential elections in 2008, Mr Waszczykowski said.

Worsening ties

Russia's suspension of its application of the treaty is yet another sign of a worsening relationship between the US and Russia, says the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, Jonathan Marcus.

An informal meeting earlier in July at the Bush family's Maine home seems to have done very little to improve ties between the two leaders, he says.

It is also yet one more sign of a more assertive Russian foreign policy, our diplomatic correspondent says.

The CFE agreement of 1990 was one of the most significant arms control agreements of the Cold War years.


Talks at President Bush's family home did little to defuse tensions

It set strict limits on the number of offensive weapons - battle tanks, combat aircraft, heavy artillery - that the members of the Warsaw Pact and Nato could deploy in Europe, stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals.

In the wake of the collapse of communism, the treaty was revised in 1999, in part to address Russian concerns.

But this revised treaty has never been ratified by the Nato countries who want Russia to withdraw all of its forces from two breakaway regions with Russian-speaking majorities - Abkhazia in Georgia and Trans-Dniester in Moldova.

"The CFE treaty and missile defence are the two major irritants between Russia and the West. It would have been easy, it still is easy, I think Nato allies feel, to move closer to ratifying the CFE treaty," the Nato spokesman added.

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Russia delays Iran nuclear plant to 2008: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has no chance of finishing Iran's first nuclear power station before autumn 2008, a year behind schedule, a Russian subcontractor helping to build the plant told RIA news agency on Wednesday.

Russia has used the Bushehr nuclear plant as a lever in relations with Tehran which chilled this year after a row over missed payments for building the plant in southwest Iran.

Completion of Bushehr is likely to trigger a sharp reaction from the United States, which fears Iran's nuclear program would be strengthened by the delivery of Russian nuclear fuel.

Atomstroiexport, the Russian state firm building the plant, said a shortage of payments from Iran was undermining confidence in the Bushehr project.

"Today we can say for sure that to launch the Bushehr nuclear plant this autumn is unrealistic," said Ivan Istomin, the head of a subcontractor called Energoprogress that is working for Atomstroiexport, RIA reported.

"A realistic time frame for starting the reactor... is moving to autumn 2008," he said.

Russian arms sales and nuclear cooperation with Iran have strained relations with Washington, which suspects Tehran of using seeking to develop atomic weapons under the cover of its civilian nuclear program.

Moscow says Tehran does not have the capability to make nuclear weapons. But some senior officials are wary of relations with Iran and say Russia's interests are not served by Iran gaining nuclear weapons.

Iran says it has a right to develop its civilian nuclear sector and that its nuclear program is not aimed at developing nuclear arms.

Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, and Javad Vaeedi, Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator, were in Moscow on Wednesday for talks, an Iranian nuclear official told Reuters.

A Russian nuclear official said the talks would focus on "efforts to stabilize the situation around Bushehr."

CONFIDENCE UNDERMINED

Russia has said it will stick to the project, worth about $1 billion. But Atomstroiexport said Iran was still paying just a fraction of the $25 million a month needed to finish the plant.

"Confidence in the project has been undermined," said Atomstroiexport spokeswoman Irina Yesipova. "It is an unstable situation where there are lots of announcements but no money."

Iranian officials insist they have made payments on time and say Moscow is delaying because of Western pressure.

"There is just not sufficient financing and that has influenced confidence, the confidence of the Russian side and Russian subcontractors towards the Bushehr project and towards Iran," Yesipova said.

Russia in February delayed the launch of the plant -- planned for September 2007 -- citing payment problems. Russia also delayed sending nuclear fuel to Bushehr as it had earlier planned for March 2007.

Russia has traditionally been seen as Tehran's closest big-power ally but senior Russian officials have expressed exasperation with Tehran's negotiating tactics.

They cite the more extreme pronouncements of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for wiping Israel from the world's map.

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Moscow puts new conditions on nuclear fuel for Iran reactor

VIENNA (AFP) - Russia has put new conditions on supplying nuclear fuel for a reactor it is building in Iran, insisting Tehran must clear up questions over possible military atomic development, diplomats said Tuesday.

"The message was delivered by the Russians three weeks ago in Tehran," a diplomat, who spoke on condition of confidentiality, told AFP.

Diplomats said this was a new development as it is the first time Russia has put political conditions on its work in Bushehr, a billion-dollar project which Moscow has defended as not a proliferation risk, despite US concerns that Iran could use fuel for the power plant to develop nuclear weapons.

The first diplomat said the Russians had given, in what was a "high-level message," a "broad reaction" to the Iranians, which included complaints over Iran's being in arrears of payments for the reactor in Bushehr, which Tehran says is a key part of its push to use atomic power to generate electricity.

Russian officials had said on July 25 that Bushehr might not be completed until late 2008, which would put off the completion date by a year.

Delivering fuel is the last stage in activating the power plant.

A second diplomat, from a Middle Eastern country, stressed however that the issue was "more than just money."

"The Russians don't want to be seen as the ones helping the Iranians get a nuclear weapon," the diplomat said.

Construction at Bushehr had stalled earlier this year over charges that Iran was not paying its bills for the project.

Iran is defying three UN Security Council resolutions and two sets of Council sanctions for it to stop enriching uranium, which can help make nuclear weapons, and to cooperate with an investigation of its atomic work by the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Vienna-based IAEA is still unable to declare, after over four years of inspections, that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful.

The United States charges Iran is using its civilian program as a cover for the secret development of nuclear weapons.

Washington points to questions the IAEA is investigating, such as possible work on advanced centrifuges and Iran's possession of blueprints for making the uranium metal hemispheres that are the core of bombs, as signs of military intentions.

Iran has said it is accelerating efforts to resolve these questions.

It allowed last week a visit to a heavy-water reactor it is building in Arak and which can produce plutonium, like enriched uranium a possible atom bomb material.

In addition, four IAEA officials are now in Iran for talks aimed at agreeing a framework for future inspections of the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz in central Iran, the country's most sensitive nuclear site.

Iran expressed hope on Tuesday that its moves to step up cooperation with the IAEA would lead to the West dropping attempts to impose a third set of UN sanctions.

But the central demand of world powers remains that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment activities.

Iran is not about to back down on this.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Algeria Tuesday that "Iran cannot talk to countries which do not recognise its right to produce nuclear energy for peaceful means."

US President George W. Bush this week blasted Iran as "not a force for good" and vowed to pursue efforts to isolate it for its suspect nuclear work.

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Russia's Cossacks rise again

In the first of a series from southern Russia, the BBC's Steven Eke reports on the Cossacks, who have emerged as an influential political group in the region, strongly supportive of Vladimir Putin and his idea of Russia's "greatness".

The Cossacks play an increasingly important role in Russia. Their disciplined way of life, patriotism, large families and commitment to work, are seen by many politicians as a model that could help resolve many of Russia's problems. For this, they receive support from the very top.

The village of Varennikovskoye is home to some 300 Cossacks and their families.

The local leader, "Ataman" Viktor Vasilyevich, received me with open arms. He was dressed in traditional Cossack costume, which includes a full-length black coat, a sheepskin hat and a sword. He oozed authority, and it was immediately clear that he was held in deep respect by his family and the other villagers.

Cossack family life is a rigid, hierarchical system in which the eldest man's word is law. Unashamedly, the Ataman explained that Cossack families should be as large as possible. He introduced me to one of his own sons, already the father of seven children.

Orthodox beliefs

One of his grandsons was boxing in the village gym - a converted bar. He said being a good Cossack was someone who "took responsibility" for his family and their well-being. Just 11 years old, he was already used to hard physical work on the farm.

Cossack family values are simple, rigid, and to a Western eye, seem to come from another era. The men build the home and provide an income; the women cook, clean and give birth to children. Traditional Russian values, culture, and Orthodoxy form the bedrock of their beliefs.

Ataman Viktor asserted that the village was welcoming to people of other faiths, including Muslims. But, he warned, they would only be accepted as long as they recognised the pre-eminence of Orthodox customs and beliefs.

The alternative, he made clear, was expulsion. Two families had already been "dealt with" in this way.

Varennikovskoye had previously been a large collective farm, part of the agricultural system that Stalin imposed on the Soviet Union in the 1930s. That disastrous policy led to millions of deaths from famine and decades of food shortages.

Agricultural success

Things are very different in Russia now. Agricultural land cannot be privately owned, but it can be leased in flexible ways that put individuals and their families or companies in charge of sometimes large areas.

This is how the Ataman and his sons had come to work thousands of hectares of land. They have made a big success of it, with the family owning several large houses and appearing materially comfortable. Communism, they say, was an alien belief forced on Russia by foreigners. He was referring to Karl Marx.

Buying and selling, and taking responsibility for one's own welfare, they added, were an intrinsic part of their way of life.

Before we sat down to a table laden with food, Ataman Viktor recited the Lord's Prayer in Old Church Slavonic. There was no alcohol on the table, something unusual in Russia, town or country.

As I was told, a Cossack found drinking in this village would face a whipping. This was the village's exemplary way of dealing with the rampant alcoholism that blights life in much of the Russian countryside.

In another Cossack village, Zelenaya Roshcha, the local leader was overseeing the construction of an Orthodox church, financed by donations. The village also had an amateur Cossack choir, which was always delighted to perform for visitors.

In the blistering heat, they came out into the street in traditional regalia, to entertain us with Russian folk songs. They sang wonderfully.

Cossack values are deeply conservative, a mix of self-reliance, fervent patriotism and belief in discipline and authority. As I prepared to leave, Ataman Viktor told me he would like to see the Tsar return to Russia.

When I asked him if he could suggest any candidates, he told me there was "only one". President Vladimir Putin, he said, had proved himself as a potential Tsar, by bringing order and the start of Russia's long-awaited national revival.

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Putin says U.S. wants to dominate world

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in one of his harshest attacks on the United States in seven years in power, accused Washington on Saturday of attempting to force its will on the world.

The White House said it was "surprised and disappointed" by Putin's accusations but added Washington expected to continue to work with Moscow in areas such as counter-terrorism and reducing the spread and threat of weapons of mass destruction.

In a speech in Germany, which one U.S. senator said smacked of Cold War rhetoric, Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master".

Attacking the concept of a "unipolar" world in which the United States was the sole superpower, he said: "What is a unipolar world? No matter how we beautify this term it means one single center of power, one single center of force and one single master."

"It has nothing in common with democracy because that is the opinion of the majority taking into account the minority opinion," he told the gathering of top security and defense officials.

"People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves."

Gordon Johndroe, press secretary for the White House National Security Council, rejected Putin's comments.

"We are surprised and disappointed with President Putin's comments. His accusations are wrong," Johndroe said.

"We expect to continue cooperation with Russia in areas important to the international community such as counter-terrorism and reducing the spread and threat of weapons of mass destruction," he added.

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When President Vladimir Putin arrives in the Iranian capital he will be the first Kremlin leader to visit Tehran since Stalin sat down with Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt there in 1943.


Relations between Russian and Iran have not been easy

Iran would like to believe this visit will be just as historic as that summit during World War II.

"The mere fact of Putin's presence on Iranian soil is evidence that the West's policy of isolation is a failure and can be interpreted as a victory of Iranian diplomacy," the newspaper Iran News declared at the weekend.

Mutual suspicion

But Iran and Russia have a difficult relationship in which nothing is easy to predict.

Whatever the shared interests between the two countries there is plenty of mutual suspicion, a fear on both sides of being used by the other.

"From the Iranian side I want to say that we want to work with Russia as a big power, as a neighbour, and as a country with some technologies that Iran needs," explained Abbas Maleki, chairman of the International Institute for Caspian Studies in Tehran.

"But at the same time Iran doesn't trust Russia as a country that can defend Iranian national interests."

RUSSIA AND IRAN
Russia building Iran's first big nuclear reactor, but project delayed
Russia blocking new sanctions against Iran
Iran rejected a Russian offer to supply nuclear fuel

This visit is all the more intriguing in the light of President Putin's deteriorating relationship with the West.

Double test

Will he play the "Iranian card" - taking Tehran's side in the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme?

There are two big tests.

At Bushehr, on Iran's Persian Gulf coast, Russian engineers are working to build Iran's first big nuclear reactor.

It is a programme that has been dogged by delays.

Russia claims Tehran is behind with its payments. Iran suspects Russia is dragging its feet for political reasons.

On Monday, the Iranian foreign ministry said there would be "good news" over Bushehr in the coming hours.


Stalin (left) was the last Kremlin leader to visit Tehran

The good news Iran would like would be an assurance that the project will finally be finished next year.

Then there is the wider issue of Iran's nuclear programme.

Washington is pressing for a new round of UN sanctions because of Iran's refusal to end uranium enrichment.

Moscow has been blocking those new sanctions to enable the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, to work with Iran on clearing up outstanding issues.

December deadline

Iran and the IAEA have an agreed timetable that continues till December to clear up those issues.

After that the dispute could well come to a head, and Russia will have to decide which side to support.

So far Russia has been sympathetic to the Iranians.

At a meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France last week, President Putin said there was "no real data" to show that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapons programme.

But President Putin is also reported to be frustrated with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, because of the Iranian leader's rejection of Russia's offer to help supply Iran's nuclear fuel.

Russia and Iran - the Islamic Republic and the country that not so long ago banned organised religion - are not easy allies.

Just before President Putin travelled to Iran, the Kremlin claimed it had discovered a plot to assassinate him in Tehran.

Officials began to cast doubt on whether the trip would go ahead at all.

It all sounded suspiciously like the Russian leader was having second thoughts, that he was considering bowing to Western pressure not to come here.

In the usually predictable world of diplomacy, the outcome of Mr Putin's visit here could also be up in the air until the very last minute.

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پوتین: روسیه مدودف همچنان انعطاف ناپذیر خواهد بود


آنگلا مرکل روابط آلمان با روسیه را مثبت ارزیابی کرد
ولادیمیر پوتین رهبر روسیه، که به زودی دوره ریاست جمهوری اش به پایان می رسد، به آنگلا مرکل صدراعظم آلمان گفته است که غرب نباید تصور کند هنگامی که دمیتری مدودف در ماه مه رسما جانشین او می شود، کنار آمدن با روسیه آسان تر خواهد شد.
اظهارات آقای پوتین پس از مذاکره با خانم مرکل در مسکو بود.

آنگلا مرکل گفت روابط آلمان با روسیه همواره باعث خوشحالی بوده اگر چه این روابط "برخی مواقع یک چالش" بوده است.

ولی خانم مرکل گفت با وجود تنش های گذشته باید بین روسیه و کشورهای اتحادیه اروپا همکاری وجود داشته باشد.

ازهنگام پیروزی آقای مدودف در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری روسیه، خانم مرکل اولین رهبر یک کشور خارجی است که به این کشور سفر کرده و با آقای مدودف ملاقات و گفتگو می کند.

رهبران چند کشور عضو اتحادیه اروپا ابراز نگرانی کرده اند که روسیه از موقعیت خود در بازار گاز، برای اعمال فشار سیاسی سوء استفاده می کند و پیش بینی می شود خانم مرکل در جریان گفتگوهایش در مسکو، این نگرانی را مطرح کند.

انتظار می رود آنگلا مرکل همچنین مخالفت روسیه با اعلام استقلال کوزوو، را در جریان سفر خود با رهبران روسیه در میان بگذارد.

آقای مدودف گفته است که وی راه آقای پوتین را ادامه خواهد داد و امیدوار است همکاری تنگاتنگی با آقای پوتین در سمت نخست وزیری داشته باشد.

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روسیه خواستار 'حداکثر تلاش' برای گفتگو با ایران


آقای لاوروف که کشورش عضو گروه 1+5 است خواستار گفتگوی نامشروط با ایران نشد
وزیر خارجه روسیه مصرانه از جامعه جهانی خواسته است هر چه در توان دارد برای گفتگو با ایران جهت حل مناقشه بر سر برنامه اتمی آن کشور انجام دهد.
سرگئی لاوروف که پس از دیداری در پاریس با وزیر خارجه فرانسه اظهار نظر می کرد گفت: "ما باید در جستجوی رویکردی مبتکرانه باشیم. این یعنی اول از همه و بالاتر از همه، هر کاری که ممکن است - و حتی غیرممکن است - برای آغاز گفتگو با ایران انجام دهیم."

هرچند در روزهای اخیر اظهار نظر طرفین این مناقشه دایر بر آمادگی برای گفتگو ادامه داشته اما عملا گفتگوهای مقدماتی میان مقام های ایرانی با نمایندگان گروه 1+5 شامل اعضای دائم شورای امنیت سازمان ملل و آلمان متوقف مانده است.

سعید جلیلی سرپرست مذاکرات هسته ای ایران آخرین بار ماه ژانویه دیدار کوتاهی در بروکسل با خاویر سولانا مسئول سیاست خارجی اتحادیه اروپا و نماینده 1+5 در مذاکره با ایران داشت که بی ثمر بود.

برنار کوشنر، وزیر خارجه فرانسه، نیز پس از دیدار سه شنبه در پاریس ضمن اشاره به "نیاز برای گفتگو" با ایران گفت تلاش های قبلی برای گفتگو با این کشور پیشرفت کمی داشته: "ما تلاش کردیم و تلاش کردیم و تلاش کردیم."

شرط گروه 1+5 برای آغاز گفتگو با ایران تعلیق غنی سازی اورانیوم است؛ فرآیندی که می تواند برای تولید سوخت نیروگاه های اتمی یا ساخت سلاح اتمی به کار گرفته شود.

این گروه حتی یک بار مجموعه مشوق هایی تجاری و دیپلماتیک را در ازای تعلیق غنی سازی به ایران پیشنهاد کرد که به عنوان پیشنهادی "توهین آمیز" از سوی تهران رد شد. اخیرا بار دیگر صحبت از ارائه بسته ای مشابه بالا گرفته است.

ایران تاکنون از گفتگوی نامشروط با این قدرت ها استقبال می کرد اما در یک هفته اخیر پس از تصویب قطعنامه تازه شورای امنیت سازمان ملل علیه این کشور پیام های ضد و نقیضی در این زمینه منتشر کرده است.


ایران تاکنون از گفتگوی نامشروط با این قدرت ها استقبال می کرد اما در یک هفته اخیر پس از تصویب قطعنامه تازه شورای امنیت سازمان ملل علیه این کشور پیام های ضد و نقیضی در این زمینه منتشر کرده است


محمود احمدی نژاد، رئیس جمهور ایران، روز پنجم مارس تاکید کرد که ایران از این پس "در خارج از چارچوب آژانس بین المللی انرژی اتمی، مذاکره هسته ای نمی کند."

اما تنها چند روز بعد وزیر خارجه ایران و سخنگوی وزارت خارجه در تناقض آشکار با اظهارات رئیس جمهور ایران گفتند سیاست رسمی ایران تغییری نکرده و آماده ادامه گفتگو با اتحادیه اروپا هستند. البته معلوم شد که این آخرین موضع گیری مقام های جمهوری اسلامی درباره این گفتگوها نبوده است.

روز یکشنبه یک مقام دیگر ایرانی با تکرار موضع سرسختانه رئیس جمهور گفت که گفتگو فقط در صورتی می تواند انجام شود که این قدرت ها "دست از تهدید ایران" - اشاره ای به تحریم ها - بردارند.

جواد وعیدی، معاون بین الملل شورایعالی امنیت ملی ایران، گفت: "زمان استفاده از سیاست چماق و هویج گذشته است... اگر مذاکرات با نیت درست، خوب و بر اساس احترام متقابل و رویکرد دوستی و نه دشمنی باشد، می تواند ادامه یابد اما در غیر این صورت خیر."

وی به تصویب قطعنامه تازه شورای امنیت علیه ایران که تحریم های دو قطعنامه قبلی را افزایش می دهد اشاره داشت.

هرچند اظهارات آقای لاوروف در روز سه شنبه نشانه سرخوردگی کشورش نسبت به شکست تلاش ها تا به امروز برای حل این مناقشه است، اما او علنا خواستار گفتگوی نامشروط با ایران نشد.

روسیه به عنوان عضو گروه 1+5 پیرو سیاست های این گروه است و آشکارا نمی خواهد با تقاضای گفتگوی نامشروط سیاست رسمی گروه را نقض کند.

این مقام روس نزدیک به یک سال قبل گفته بود: "قطعنامه ها و تحریم ها، چیزهایی نیستند که ما توجه خودمان را به آنها جلب کنیم، بلکه ما باید راهی را بیابیم تا از بن بست کنونی خارج شده و شرایطی را بوجود بیاوریم تا مذاکرات از سر گرفته شوند."

با گذشت یک سال از آن اظهارات این خواسته روسیه هنوز محقق نشده است.

از سال 2002 که وجود یک برنامه مخفیانه اتمی در ایران فاش شد، آمریکا و متحدان اروپایی آن در قالب سازمان های های بین المللی یا با استفاده از ابزارهای اقتصادی خود سعی داشته اند ایران را وادار به برچیدن بخش های حساس برنامه اتمی اش کنند چرا که می گویند نگران دستیابی کشوری به سلاح اتمی هستند که حامی تروریسم می دانند.

ایران در مقابل این کشورها را متهم به تلاش برای جلوگیری از پیشرفت علمی و اقتصادی خود کرده و بر صلح آمیز بودن برنامه اتمی اش اصرار می ورزد.

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هشدار ناتو به روسیه، در مورد مناقشه گرجستان
سازمان آتلانتیک شمالی (ناتو) اعلام کرد تا زمانی*که نیروهای روسیه در گرجستان هستند، نمی**تواند روابط عادی خود را با مسکو از سر بگیرد.
به گزارش آسوشیتدپرس، کاندولیزا رایس وزیر*خارجه ایالات متحده و ۲۵ همتای دیگر وی در اجلاس ناتو، به روسیه در خصوص عقب*نشینی فوری از گرجستان هشدار دادند.
وزرای*خارجه کشورهای عضو ناتو پس از نشست خود در بیانیه*ای اعلام کردند که «قادر به ادامه روابط عادی» خود با روسیه نیستند.
یاپ دو*هوپ شفر دبیر کل ناتو نیز در اظهاراتی روسیه را متهم به بی*احترامی به صلح دوجانبه و بازگرداندن نیروها به مواضع پیش از جنگ کرد.
در همین حال به گزارش خبرگزاری فرانسه، دیمیتری مدودف رئیس*جمهور روسیه در تماس تلفنی با نیکولا سارکوزی رئیس*جمهور فرانسه و رئیس دوره*ای اتحادیه اروپا قول داد که نیروهایش تا پایان هفته جاری از گرجستان عقب*نشینی کنند.
این در حالی است که به گزارش خبرگزاری*ها، هنوز هیچ نشانه*ای از این عقب*نشینی در میان گروه*های نظامی روسیه دیده نمی*شود.
در تحولی دیگر با وجود آنکه روسیه متهم به حمایت از جدایی*طلبان اوستیای جنوبی است، جمهوری خودخوانده آبخازیا نیز امروز اعلام کرد که رسماً از روسیه می*خواهد این منطقه را به عنوان یک کشور مستقل به رسمیت بشناسد.
واکنش روسیه به هشدار ناتو
در همین حال سرگئی لاوروف وزیرخارجه روسیه با متهم کردن ناتو به نقض بی*طرفی در بحران قفقاز، گفت که اعضای پیمان آتلانتیک شمالی در پی نجات «رژیم جنایتکار» گرجستان هستند.
وی افزود که روسیه به دنبال اشغال گرجستان و جدایی اوستیای جنوبی از خاک این کشور نیست.
به گزارش بی*بی*سی نیوز، ناتو پیشتر خواستار خروج کامل نظامیان روسیه از شهر گرجی بزرگترین شهر گرجستان و هم مرز با اوستیای جنوبی بر اساس موافقتنامه آتش*بس شده بود.
با این حال، ویتالی چورکین نماینده روسیه در سازمان ملل ضمن مخالفت با عقب*نشینی کامل روسیه از گرجستان گفت که آبخازیا و اوستیای جنوبی دیگر تمایل ندارند، بخشی از گرجستان قلمداد شوند.

[Rasputin]