Russia rejects US demand to not supply Tor surface-to-air missiles to Iran

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/April/theworld_April797.xml§ion=theworld

Russia toughens opposition to UN sanctions on Iran

<snip>Russia rejected on Friday a U.S. call for it to scrap a planned missile sale to Iran, a day after rebuffing Washington’s suggestion that it halt work on Iran’s first atomic power plant.

“There are no circumstances which would get in the way of us carrying out our commitments in the field of military cooperation with Iran,” Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of Russia’s National Security Council, was quoted by Tass as saying.

“That includes ... our commitment to supply Tor systems to Iran,” he said, referring to tactical surface-to-air missiles.

Bush has vowed to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons and has refused to rule out military options if diplomacy fails.

[MadMaddie]

1. And so the Cold War begins....again...thanks "I'm the decider"!!!

[saltpoint]

2. Dubya's learnin' he ain't the decider of the Russians.