Iran denies receiving Russian nuke offer

Iran denied on Sunday that it had received from Russia a proposal for moving its uranium enrichment facilities to Russian territory, a compromise Europe is seeking to resolve controversy over Iran's nuclear program.

Russia announced a day earlier that it had formally put the proposal to Teheran. Iran has so far insisted it would not agree to moving enrichment abroad, and it was not clear if Teheran's denial was an attempt to gain time without directly rejecting a proposal from Moscow, a longtime ally.

"We have not received any particular plan yet," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters. "Its quite clear that Iran will positively look at any proposal that recognize right of having nuclear enrichment on its soil."

Asefi underlined that Iran and Russia enjoy positive mutual relations and understandings in many fields.

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it offered, when it didn't? LOL.

Iran is playing coy. Iran and Russia are probably involved in some kind of nuclear negotiations. They are obliged to do this, in order to keep the balance of power around the world.

So they want to get the word out, in particular to the U.S. So they leak a story. Western reporters sniff out a story.

Then, when it hits the newsstands, they deny everything. But the U.S. has gotten the message. That's what they intended. They also want the public to understand the balance of power.

"Got any clubs?"