Parisa Hafezi
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/ 17 October 2007

Putin tells US not to strike Iran

President Vladimir Putin made clear to Washington on Tuesday that Russia would not accept military action against Iran and he invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Moscow for talks. Putin made the invitation to Ahmadinejad, shunned by the West which fears his nuclear programme is a cover for building atomic weapons, after meeting him and leaders of other Caspian Sea states.

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/ 25 February 2007

No nuclear reverse gear, says Iran

Iran has no brake and no reverse gear in its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, while a deputy foreign minister vowed Tehran is prepared for any eventuality, ”even for war”. The United States has repeated its call for Iran to halt uranium enrichment.