Moscow insists Iran problem should be resolved diplomatically

interfax: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has once again insisted that the Iran nuclear problem should be resolved diplomatically.

Meeting with a UN deputy secretary general for political affairs in Moscow on Tuesday, Lavrov "placed special emphasis on the need to resolve this problem diplomatically. It was also pointed out that the principal efforts to clarify the remaining problems should be made by the IAEA, and Iran needs to actively cooperate with the agency," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Link

interfax: Iran will do everything possible to avoid war - ambassador

Iran is prepared for war but will do everything in its power to prevent it, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Gholamreza Ansari told journalists in Moscow on Monday.

"One of the ways to prevent a war is to be prepared for it. But Iran will do everything possible to avoid any war in the region," he said Link