Putin: No nuclear threat from Iran
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Sat 14 May 2016 - 13:03
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed Western claims on establishment of missile shield system to confront Iran's nuclear threat.
"Let's remember that just a few years ago all our opponents were saying in one voice that our partners in the West, in Europe and in the United States needed the missile defense system to avert the missile and nuclear threats from Iran. Where are these nuclear threats from Iran now? They are absent. But the creation of the missile defense system continues," Russian president said.
"If by using their capabilities in world media they are still able to mislead someone into believing that it does not threaten Russia or that it is only a system of defense, no one present at this table, at this session will be misled by them. Nothing like this, this is not a defensive system, this is a part of US strategic nuclear potential taken to the periphery," Putin said adding that by periphery he means Eastern Europe, AP reported.
Putin said that the United States itself signed an agreement with Iran as one of its initiators. "Indeed, they did everything right; we supported this position of the US administration," Putin said.
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