Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.
Russia has every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations.
Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon.
You know, people have actually changed the way they think about nuclear weapons now, post-Cold War, post-9/11. The threat of nuclear weapons is not so much Russia attacking the United States, China. It's not a state-to-state - it's obviously terrorism; it's proliferation.
The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.
We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.
Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.
As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.