Iran

Iran Resumed Payments for Bushehr Nuclear Plant

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, 2007

UK Asks Russia for Help with Charged Sailors

UK has asked Russia for its help in winning the release of 15 British sailors detained by Iran last week in the Persian Gulf.

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U.S. Concerned Over Russian Arms Sales to Iran, Syria, Venezuela

The United States expressed concern on Wednesday about Russia’s arms sales to Iran, Syria and Venezuela and accused Moscow of bullying its neighbors, Reuters news agency reported March 21.

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March 22, 2007

Russia Will Not Support Excessive Iran Sanctions

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Russia will not support “excessive sanctions” against Iran in the United Nations Security Council.

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Russia Withdraws Nuclear Experts From Iran

Russia 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, 2007

Iran Denies Report of Russian Nuclear Ultimatum

Iran on Tuesday denied a press report on Russia having withheld nuclear fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran unless Iran suspended its uranium enrichment programmes in line with United Nations Security Council demands, the FARS news agency reports.

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Russian Ambassador Denies Press Report of Ultimatum on Iranian Nuclear Program

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin on Tuesday denied reports that Moscow had imposed an ultimatum on Iran over its nuclear program, the Xinhua news agency reports.

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Russia Gives Iran Ultimatum Over Nuclear Project

Russia has told Iran that it will withhold fuel for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant unless Tehran suspends its uranium enrichment program as the U.N. Security Council demands, the Reuters news agency reports quoting an article on The New York Times web-site.

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March 20, 2007

Russia Warns of Irreversible Damage to Iranian Nuclear Project

The Russian state-run company building a nuclear plant in Iran warned Wednesday that Iranian payment delays may cause “irreversible” damage to the project, The Associated Press news agency reports.

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March 14, 2007

Iran Seeks Solve Nuclear Plant Dispute With Russia

Iran said it could negotiate a solution to its dispute with Russia about building its first nuclear power plant, and Moscow promised to keep the project alive despite scarce financing, the Reuters news agency reports.

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