Russia says new sanctions against Iran possible as long as Iran does not “demonstrate the required restraint”; Clinton warns Iran and Syria against supplying militants in south Lebanon and Gaza with sophisticated weaponry;
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    • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in one his strongest attacks on Iran’s nuclear programme stated that as long as Iran was “not demonstrating the required restraint and is behaving quite irresponsibly,” Russia would support further UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran, if all other means were exhausted. Medvedev’s comments reflected Moscow’s impatience at Tehran failing to accept a UN-brokered nuclear fuel swap deal involving Russia.1

    In the light of reports that Syria transferred long-range missiles to Hezbollah, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran and Syria to desist from such activities and added that America’s commitment to Israel’s security was unshakable. She added that Syrian transfers of sophisticated weaponry to militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza could spark a new conflict in the Middle East.2

    US lawmakers denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s plans to address the NPT Review Conference in New York and urged against granting a visa to him. 14 Republican Senators wrote to Secretary Clinton stating that “the US must not allow this dangerous tyrant to use our freedoms and our obligations as a host country for the UN to force himself upon our country to spread his message of hate and violence.”3

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