Putin To Visit Embattled Iran

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Source: Agence France-Presse

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin's trip to Iran this week, the first by a Kremlin leader in three decades, comes at a vital moment for the Islamic republic's controversial Russian-backed nuclear program.

Mr Putin will be attending a summit of Caspian Sea countries on Tuesday, joined by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan for talks focusing on how to divide the landlocked and energy-rich Caspian.

But his visit also throws a potential diplomatic lifeline to Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who faces international isolation and massive US-led pressure against his nuclear power project.

His critics in the West allege it has a secret military component.

"This is crucial against the background of tensions around the Iranian nuclear program," said Alexander Shumilin, a specialist on Middle Eastern issues.



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1. You can thank....

...Motherfucker George Bush and Asswipe Dick Cheney for restarting the Cold War. Hey, Shitstains, how's that soul thing working for you?

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3. What a rant.

I agree with ya.

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2. and Nixon went to China...Bush only visits toadies and supplicants nt