The Latest from Iran (30 November): Nuclear Distraction, Trashing the Greens?
Posted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & Iran
1915 GMT: Quiet Engagement. News is just emerging of five British nationals who have been held by Iran since their yacht Sail Bahrain strayed into Iranian waters on Wednesday.
The significance behind the headline is that the story was kept quiet for five days. That indicates that Britain does not want the matter to escalate into confrontation and that Iran, for now, does not want to use the detention for political advantage.
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The Latest from Iran (29 November): Iran’s Nuclear Bluff
1830 GMT: Just for the Nuclear Record. Iranian Foreign Manouchehr Mottaki used a press conference with the Russian Energy Minister (who confirmed Moscow’s intention to complete the Bushehr nuclear plant by March 2010) to denounce the IAEA resolution:
We could not find any logical reason for the Board of Governors’ decision. We cannot accept discrimination in international relations. Either there are rights or such rights do not exist. The age of discriminatory policies is over. This is the law of the jungle.
Nothing surprising here and no further indication as to Iran’s next step.
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