Russia criticizes report

TEHRAN,Nov.10(MNA)--Russia on Tuesday criticized the report, saying it would dim hopes for dialogue with Tehran and suggesting it was meant to scuttle chances for a diplomatic solution, Reuters reported. “We have serious doubts about the justification for steps to reveal contents of the report to a broad public, primarily because it is precisely now that certain chances for the renewal of dialogue between the ‘sextet’ of international mediators and Tehran have begun to appear,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. According to Bloomberg, Russia also said that it suspects “political dishonesty” in the report. Russia suspects the authors of some of the comments in the report of “political dishonesty and pursuing goals that have nothing to do with the task of eliminating the well-known concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” according to an e- mailed statement sent by the Moscow-based ministry before the report was released late Tuesday. Allegations contained in the report about a Russian scientist date back 10 years and amount to “nothing new or sensational,” the ministry said.