Russia Arming Iran

Le Monde: Russia has been delivering anti-air missiles to Tehran

The French newspaper Le Monde wrote: "While Moscow says it is making an attempt to get the regime in Tehran to accept Russia's proposal for the enrichment of Uranium on Russian soil, Russian arms companies are involved in transaction and sales of arms to the Islamic regime. On February 9th, the Director of the governmental agency for military and technical cooperation, Mikhail Dmitriev, confirmed that Russia had in fact delivered an anti-air defense defense system to the regime in Tehran.  Dmitriev specified that there is no other contract however Russia is bound by its own guarantees and must satisfy its commitments. Last December Russian media reported that Russia intends to deliver 49 Tor-M1 missiles priced at $700 million to the Islamic regime. Based on reports in Russian newspapers these missiles are slated to be delivered by Fall 2006
Read the original article in the French section, in Iran Press Service

Clearly these ongoing developments cast the Russian nuclear enrichment deal in a whole new glaring light. How could we possibly delude ourselves into believing that this is a possible alternative to military action?

I have written off the United Nations Security Council as any real form of action. They are a joke. Iran thinks they are a joke "“They (the West) are trying to terrify us with a scarecrow called the Security Council. We are not scared ... They will be harmed more than Iran if they act unwisely,” he said.

A new fatwa from Islamic clerics in the city of Qom, Iran, says that Allah would have no problem if Iran decided to nuke someone—as long as it’s for a good reason.
hat tip:LGF

Annan encourages Iran to take good use of talks with Russia [shakes head, walks away]