Russia says Lula has poor chance of success in Iran

[Chris]

Russia says Lula has poor chance of success in Iran
Friday, 14 May 2010
By Fernando Exman and Guy Faulconbridge

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said the Brazilian president was unlikely to succeed in his last ditch attempt to prevent further sanctions against Iran by mediating with the Islamic Republic. Brazil's flamboyant president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, travels to Tehran this weekend in a bid to persuade Iran to revisit a stalled fuel swap deal, though world powers are now discussing further sanctions against the Islamic Republic. "You want me to give the odds or President Lula," Medvedev quipped to a reporter who had asked at a joint news conference what the odds were that the Lula visit would be success.

"Okay. As my friend the Brazilian president is an optimist, I shall also be an optimist. I give 30 percent," Medvedev said. When asked about his odds of success at meetings with the Iranian leadership on a scale of one to 10, Lula replied: "I would give 9.9." Medvedev, echoing words from a senior U.S. official this week, said Lula's trip was probably the last chance for finding a resolution to the impasse over Iran's nuclear program.

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[Chris]

Anyone who tries to get Iran to give up their nuclear program is going to fail. The Iranians have made it perfectly clear that they have no intentions of stopping their illegal nuclear program. And Iran has too many "friends" willing to look the other way to help them overcome the current sanctions. Which in turns means they are meaningless. The only thing that will stop Iran is a whole lotta bombs.