Iran's Defiance Continues

The International Atomic Energy Agency, consisting of 35 nations, reported Iran to the Security Council for its nuclear activities. After the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog will present his report on the situation to the IAEA, the Security Council will consider imposing sanctions to Tehran.

Yesterday, the United Stated and Russia announced their will to cooperate in finding a diplomatic solution for the crisis, while denying the fact that Russia offered Iran to enrich uranium on its soil.

"The Russians did not tell us of any new proposal they made to the Iranians," said Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State, after meeting with Sergei Lavrov, her Russian counterpart. Rice added that the U.S. kept their opinion "that enrichment and reprocessing on Iranian soil is not acceptable because of the proliferation risk."

Rice also asserted: "The United States has been very clear that enrichment and reprocessing on Iranian soil is not acceptable because of the proliferation risk." Russia, which carries a veto power, is one if Iran's most important allies.

Even though they support the U.S. on the nuclear issue, Russian officials never said that they will support eventual sanctions. Lavrov warned the American officials to not push Iran so hard, because otherwise it will give up the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran must be given its right to enrich uranium. "Our nation has made its decision to fully use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and all have to give in to this decision made by the Iranian nation. If anybody seeks to violate our rights, the Iranian nation will place the sign of disgrace on their forehead," he added.