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Decision to report nuclear case to UNSC based on US-Russia deal

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Moscow, March 10, IRNA
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Head of Moscow-based Center for Studies on Modern Iran Rajab Safarov on Sunday said that the decision to report Iran's nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was taken as a consequence of a US-Russia deal.

Speaking to the Russian weekly Moskovskie Novosti, he added that given Russia was not in position to reject the US proposal, it ended up joining the international coalition against Iran's nuclear program.

Safarov believes that by promising to expedite the trend of Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization, fully supporting its presidency over the G-8 Group and having a more favorable approach towards the current political situation and reform in the country's domestic scene, the US persuaded Moscow to cooperate on Iran's case.

"By losing Iran as its ally in the world of Islam, Moscow will also lose dozens of billions of dollars worth of economic profit gained as consequence of its presence in Iran's energy market.

"Besides, Russia will be viewed by Iran and other Islamic states as an unreliable partner," added Safarov.

He noted that Russia takes pride in being the main negotiator with the Palestine Resistance Movement, Hamas, adding that after its deal with the US, Iran may stop such negotiation and even instigate Hamas against Russia.

Safarov did not rule out the possibility that in this case Iran will revise its cooperation with Russia, which will affect Moscow's interests.

"The Iranian officials will not yield to the former unilateral decisions on nuclear issues.

"Nuclear Energy is not only an inexpensive source of energy for Iran, but is a matter of its national security and credit," he added.

He said that Iran may reject Russia's proposal, refrain from approving the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and even leave the UN nuclear watchdog and launch full uranium enrichment process.

In his belief, to impress the world community, as the first step, Iran can reduce its oil export quota by 40-50 percent, establish its oil stock market and change its hard currency deposit account gained from the oil and gas revenue from dollar into euro.

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