Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 7 / Trend T. Konyayeva /
It does not worth waiting for progress in the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program yet, Anatoly Tsyganok, the head of Military Forecast Center of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, said.
"It does not worth waiting for progress in this issue, because Iran either constantly creates this problem or moves away from its solution. That is why today the UN Security Council adopts sanction measures against Iran, " Tsyganok, the Associate Professor at the Moscow State University, department of world politics, told Trend over phone from Moscow.
Another round of talks on the Iranian nuclear issue was over in Geneva on Tuesday. Deputy foreign ministers of Russia, the United States, Great Britain, China, France, Germany and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton attended the talks. Iran was represented by Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili.
The negotiations between Iran and the "Six" (five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Great Britain, China, Russia, U.S, France and Germany) were launched on Monday in Geneva. The parties discussed a wide range of issues including the nuclear issue.
The negotiating process was broken in 2009 when the IAEA Board of Governors condemned Iran for building the second plant to enrich uranium and called on Tehran to confirm that no decisions were made on the construction of other nuclear facilities, not declared by the agency.
Russian expert thinks that progress in the negotiations is not achievable yet, because Iran will not comply with the requirements of the UN Security Council.
"I think that Iran was following the actions of the Korean leadership very attentively. It raised the question of creating an atomic bomb. So, despite any talk of a peaceful nature of nuclear activities, I fully admit the variant that Iran is developing its warheads," he said.
Iranian nuclear program has caused concern since 2003, when the IAEA became aware of its concealed activity. In late 2003, Iran signed the Additional Protocol to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and voluntarily announced about the suspension of uranium enrichment. However, it returned to this activity.
The enriched uranium can be used to produce nuclear weapons. However, it is necessary as fuel for atomic power plants. Several countries, including the U.S., are sure that Iran strives to develop nuclear weapons and call for to prevent this development. Tehran denies all the charges, saying that its nuclear program has peaceful purposes.
Until now, the UN Security Council adopted six resolutions, four of which are aimed at imposing sanctions against Iran, requiring to abandon uranium enrichment, and two resolutions containing warnings.