Russian FM Warns Military Action On Iran 'Disastrous'

[Purveyor]

TEL AVIV (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday warned that any military means to solve Iran's controversial nuclear programme would have a "disastrous" effect.

"Any forceful attempts to resolve this issue by non-peaceful means would undermine all that has been done to bring clarity into the Iranian nuclear programme," Lavrov said in a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni.

He warned against attempts to undermine the International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of Tehran's programme.

"As long as the inspectors report that they have not found that there is some deviation of this programme into the military field I think it would be disastrous for us to undermine this very efficient and important process."

Israel and its chief ally the United States have refused to rule out military action against Iran in order to halt its nuclear programme, which they believe is aimed at developing a nuclear bomb, a claim denied by Tehran.

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[David__77]

1. Russia needs to step in to protect Iran.

They need to unequivocally state that military action against Iran will be met with a response in kind. The world would thank Russia for that.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Russia will, and so will China - I think they are just waiting for the USA to make the "move"

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USA is over-extended military wise, and both Russia and China know it.

USA is fu*king around in their back yard, and have ignored all warnings from Russia and China.

You can bet your ass that there are a whole lot of missiles aimed at the USAmerican bases in Iraq, the Green Zone, the Embassy, an all known locations of ships and subs in the Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.

Wanna see a REAL "Shock and Awe"?

Just piss off Russia and China a wee bit more.