File under “Duh!”

A senior Russian diplomat on Wednesday voiced concern about Iran’s launch of a rocket, saying it has raised suspicions about its nuclear program, Russian news reports said.

Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov as saying that Monday’s launch of an Iranian research rocket has raised questions about the direction of Iran’s nuclear program.

The statement appeared to indicate that Moscow, which in the past has been skeptical about Iran’s missile capability, increasingly shares Western concerns about Tehran’s course.

“It adds to general suspicions of Iran regarding its potential desire to build nuclear weapons,” Losyukov was quoted as saying. “Long-range missiles are one of the components of such weapons. That causes concern.”

The mind simply reels with the almost-infinite number of scornful, snarky responses. In fact, I think I’ve overloaded on snark and may well have to finish this post in a straightforward matter.

Naaaaaaah.

Gee. The Iranians may be working on a nuclear weapons program.

Ya think?

No, really, Russia. You’re kidding. Because, like, nobody ever really suspected that at all, not even when one of their “moderates” brags that a nuclear bomb would take out Israel completely, but the Arab and Islamic world would survive. Nope. We never, ever thought that Iran wanted nukes for anything but peaceful purposes.