Russia says Iran close to nuclear weapons

MOSCOW, July 12 | Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:27am EDT

MOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Iran was moving closer to having the potential to create nuclear weapons.

"Iran is moving closer to possessing the potential which in principle could be used for the creation of nuclear weapons," Medvedev told a meeting of ambassadors in Moscow. (Reporting by Denis Dyomkin, writing by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Dmitry Solovyov)

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bristar wrote:
Obama says “Don’t bother me with this stuff now…I’m busy suing Arizona.”

Jul 12, 2010 10:03am EDT  --  Report as abuse
Hasn’t the USA been telling the Russkies that for a while now? Seriously, correct me if I’m wrong. Beuler? Beuler?

Jul 12, 2010 10:13am EDT  --  Report as abuse
DaleW wrote:
What he didn’t add was that his country has been helpful to the Iranians in attaining that goal.

Jul 12, 2010 10:14am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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