Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia’s president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the US to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Teheran.
Popularity: 6% [?]
June 17, 2007Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov announced his country is ready for talks on Russia-US joint use of the Gabala Radar Station. He made the announcement to reporters in Baku today, REGNUM news agency reports.
Popularity: 4% [?]
June 11, 2007Russian nuclear contractor Atomstroyexport cannot complete the work on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant by the end of 2007, Igor Ivanov, secretary of Russia’s Security Council said on Tuesday, April 17. Ivanov sited cash crunch and technical problems as reasons for the delay.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 18, 2007Moscow is displeased with Iranian air defense exercises near a Russian-built nuclear plant, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 12, 2007According to Russia’s nuclear power plant construction company Atomstroyexport, a group of Russian experts will visit the construction site of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant to ensure progress in talks aimed at breaking a stalemate over project financing.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 9, 2007According to the head of Moscow’s air defenses, General Yuri Solovyov, Iran’s air defense system is strong and the United States will suffer losses if they attack this Middle Eastern country. Solovyev conceded that the U.S. military greatly outweighs the Iranian one and that eventually that would ensure America’s air supremacy.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 8, 2007Washington needs to think twice before launching a military campaign against Tehran as such an attack would have global implications, the RIA-Novosti quoted a senior Russian military official as saying on Tuesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 3, 2007Russia’s leading nuclear scientist said on Monday that it was just a question of time before Iran developed a nuclear weapon and it should be stopped, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
Russian intelligence believes that the U.S. Armed Forces have nearly completed preparations for a possible military operation against Iran, and will be ready to strike in early April, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Friday quoting an unnamed source in the Russian security services.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 1, 2007Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said to russian RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday.
Popularity: 5% [?]
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