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Ahmadinejad slams Medvedev for siding with Iran’s enemies
Published: 24 July, 2010, 18:26
Edited: 30 July, 2010, 17:09
TAGS: Medvedev, Russia, Politics, Iran
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Dmitry Medvedev of being a “spokesman” for the “enemies of Iran.”
Although he claimed Russia's recent statements on Iran's nuclear program were “an advert for America's propaganda drama,” Ahmadinejad admitted that Tehran still wants to continue its friendship with Moscow.
Russia and Iran have long been political and economic partners. However, Moscow has recently backed US-proposed sanctions against Iran prompted by concerns that Tehran may be attempting to develop nuclear weapons.
Vladimir Sotnikov from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow believes that, despite the harsh comments towards Russia, the Kremlin too would like to keep its ties with Tehran.
“I don’t think that Russian-Iranian relations will deteriorate significantly, because we still have very big cooperation with our Iranian partner,” Sotnikov said.
Leonid Gusev from the Moscow State University of International Relations believes that Ahmadinejad’s comments are a way to win the favor of the radical population of Iran.
"I think that behind such aggressive rhetoric there is Ahmadinejad's desire to unite the section of the Iranian society he relies on,” Gusev said. “This section is not conservative but rather militaristic. And Ahmadinejad doesn't reject any tools to reach his goals.”
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If the Iranian government and the Russian government have lots of common interests doubtless these will help overcome any temporary differences. As for the idea Russia needs to support Iran against American aggression this is absurd. The USA has multiplied its government debt by several hundred percent in waging its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Afghanistan it has a weak government. So weak that it is almost useless to the occupying forces. In Iraq it has a government that may be overthrown the day after the last American soldier leaves. Even if it was prepared to set the Middle East ablaze to overthrow the current Iranian regime there is no reason to suppose the result would be anything other than a disaster for the ruling elites in the USA. They would no more be able to put out the resulting religious/political fire the invasion would start than they were able to put out the Afghan fire they started to discomfort the USSR. What needs to happen if for the President of Iran to tone down his rhetoric and get real.
medvedev is doing wrong by selling iran out ! we need true leader Putin