Russia says no proof Iran working on nuclear weapons

There is no hard proof that Iran is working on nuclear weapons, but Tehran has to clarify some issues on its nuclear program to avoid fresh sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told RIA Novosti.

There is no evidence that Iran has made a decision to produce nuclear weapons.

On Sanctions Lavrov maintained Russia's position which opposes crippling sanctions.

If we go with the sanctions, we’ll not go beyond the goal of our purpose of defending the nonproliferation regime. We don’t want the nonproliferation regime to be used for ... strangling Iran, or taking some steps to deteriorate the situation (and) the living standards of people in Iran