Russia's mediation; will Iran bury the hatchet?
Russian Foreign Minister Segey Lavrov proposed ‘step-by-step’ plan to resolve Iran’s nuclear problem two weeks ago during his tour of the U.S. This plan was surprisingly refuted by Iranian president, but was welcomed by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. Lavrov says each step by Tehran towards the IAEA’s concerns should be rewarded by freezing some sanctions or shortening the volume of sanctions. Russia has proposed several plans to solve the Iranian nuclear disputation so far. It included a proposal of forming international nuclear fuel bank at Angarsk site with Iran’s participation or the proposal of shifting Iran’s low-enriched uranium to Russia for making 20-percent enriched nuclear fuel bar for the reactor of Tehran’s Amirabad nuclear research center and others, which failed. On the other hand, the West countries have also made attractive proposals, including economic aids and launching light water nuclear power plants for Iran instead of halting enrichment of uranium and