Enter Russia

My post yesterday on Iran noted that:

…the last diplomatic option left is through Russia, who has enough credibility in the East and West to force Iran to quit its uranium enrichment program and allow the entire process to be overseen by the Russians. Yet, would such a bargain only lead to another North Korea a few years down the line?

And today we see:

Russia Plans Joint Nuclear Fuel Production With Iran

Russia is prepared to host a nuclear fuel production joint venture with Iran, a plan that could help break a months-long deadlock in Tehran’s talks with France, Britain and Germany, diplomats said on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency reports.

…Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and others have been trying to find what several diplomats called a “face-saving solution”Â? that would allow the EU-Iran talks to resume and avoid worsening the standoff.

So the hardliners are essentially taking over in Iran, the nuclear crisis seems to be at its worst and Russia steps in to save the day? Iran narrowly escapes the UNSC and will eventually develop nukes anyway North Korean style, Russia touts itself on both sides as the savior and gets to advance 3 spaces towards regaining its world power status. Both get what they want and the US and EU are left out in the cold, devoid of enough ammo to use against Iran. Hmm. Who doesn’t think has long been in the works?

Meanwhile, Regime Change in Iran asserts that Iran acquired a few nuclear warheads from the USSR during its breakup through Kazakhstan. Questionable, but a very interesting article nevertheless.