My God some people are incredibly ignorant and naive!
(speaking of oleg from Tonronto)
Get your head out of the sand and open your eyes up.

Richard, Sydney, Australia

Why would that be poetic justice?

Just because the US can't get along with Iran, it doesn't mean that other countries can't.

Countries like Russia and China choose to trade with Iran. They choose to have good realtions, to work towards common goals and to work together.

The US model of isolation, pressure and invasion, simply doesn't work with Iran.

What americans and others don't seem to realise is that the propoganda pushed in the press against Iran isn't universal.

just to pre-empt a few arguments
1) Iran is watched by the IAEA
2) The nuclear fuel is inspected and sealed by the IAEA
3) The IAEA says there is no evidence of nuclear weapons
4) The NIE says that iran doesn't have a nuclear programme
5) Iran isn't suicidal
6) Iran didn't say that Israel should be destroyed. It was a call for political dissolution e.g. soviet union
7) Russia and China are happy to trade with Iran on a mutually beneficial level

So boo hoo war mongers and neo cons. Russia has given a clear signal.

MXR, crewe,

Ah those wacky Russians. thos totalitarian regimes
just love to stick together.

Bruce Northwood, Washington, D.C. , USA

"What poetic justice it would be if it Iran were to form closer ties with Chechnya.

David Masu, Zürich,"

Lets apply some logic here:
1. Russia is the only country that helps Iran with nuclear program
2. Russia is the only country that helps Iran with defensive weapons: AAA, SAMs
3. Russia and China are the countries that are trying to shield Iran from direct assault from US
4. Chechnya is getting re-built now.The war was over for almoust two years, since FSB sent Basayev to hell.

So what exactly Iran will achive by forming closer ties to Chechnya, if it hasn't achived it in last 15 years? And why Iran would do this? To piss off it's only ally in the region? Just because someone with Albanian name in Zurich wants it? And what "poetic justice" would it serve? Let me guess, here: more Russians would be killed? So what is the likehood of this happening?
Here is my answer: NONE. Persians are smart people, unlike some politicians in the West that are eager to start a new war.

Oleg, Toronto, Canada

Why does the US think that they and their friends are the only nations who should be able to generate electricity by nuclear power or even have nuclear weapons?

If nuclear weapons are so dangerous in the wrong hands shouldn’t we get rid of them all?

Why didn't the US or EU engage with Iran to build their nuclear power stations and thereby have the ability to keep an eye on things?

Oil is used to manufacture a whole load of products from plastics to fertilizers. Isn't it silly to burn this finite resource when you can generate electricity from non-fossil fuels?

Despite the dangers of nuclear power, isn't a greater danger climate change caused by burning fossil fuels?

Saddam Hussein boasted of weapons he did not have. Might the Iranians be using (or permitting) the same bluff?

Why hasn't the IAEA issued a statement supporting or denying the Russian statements of fuel supervision?

Why do US citizens still support warmongers Bush/Cheney?

Answers on a £10 note to:-

R Bingham, Lauzun, France

We all know Bushehr is set to be the next Chernobyl. It's part of Moscow's plan for domination of Eurasia.

Adam, Sheffield,

Well, I think it is a pretty safe bet that Vlad's fishing invitation to Maine is cancelled for next summer....

Robert Miller, Halifax, NS, Canada

What poetic justice it would be if it Iran were to form closer ties with Chechnya.

David Masu, Zürich,