Russian 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.
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April 18, 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.
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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.
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Iran has resumed paying for construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant but has still to catch up after recent shortfalls, the AFP news agency reported quoting an official statement by Russia’s atomic energy agency.
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March 27, 2007Russia is bringing home its technicians and engineers from Iran’s unfinished nuclear reactor site at a time of growing international pressure on Tehran to curb its atomic ambitions, U.S. and European representatives said on Tuesday according to the Associated Press report.
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March 21, 2007A Russian delegation comprising officials and experts of Atomstroiexport, the company that is building the Bushehr nuclear power plant, arrived Monday in Tehran to settle a dispute over an alleged default in payment by Iran for the plant, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.
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March 12, 2007Russia’s defense minister Sergei Ivanov confirmed Tuesday Russia has sold an unspecified number of short-range Tor-M1 missiles to Iran. This announcement was the first government confirmation from Russia.
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January 19, 2007The head of Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom will visit Iran on December 11 to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries.
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November 27, 2006“Iran is interested in cooperation with Belarus and is ready to develop interaction in all spheres,†Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Iran on a three-day visit Sunday to discuss boosting trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
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November 7, 2006The head of the Russian military’s general staff, Yuri Baluyevsky, said Thursday Iran does not have the technological means to create intercontinental ballistic missiles, Radio Free Europe reports.
“According to our information, today Iran has no technological or technical capabilities to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile,†he said.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles have a range of more than 3,400 miles.
Baluyevsky’s comments came shortly after Iran reportedly fired its longer-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile for the first time.
Experts believe the Shahab missiles have a range of up to 1,240 miles.
The missile test came at the start of 10 days of military exercises, expected to involve maneuvers in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman.
When asked whether the Shahab-3 missiles posed a threat to Russia, Baluyevsky responded: “That depends on which direction they are sent.â€
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