Russian sources said Friday that the attempts by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to convince Russia's leaders of the necessity of a military strike against Iran did not, and will not, succeed. "Washington and other Western capitals failed to change the Russian viewpoint, according to which there is no proof that Iran's nuclear program is headed in a military direction," the Russian sources said.

London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, in its report on Olmert's Thursday visit to Moscow, said he also wanted to know if Russian President Putin had discussed the matter of Russian weaponry reaching Iran through Iran and Syria, when he visited Tehran this week.

The sources said that Olmert and Putin also discussed the IAF attack in Syria over a month ago. Olmert reportedly asked Putin to cancel the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria.