Russia, China worried by Iran attack talk
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Russia and China expressed alarm on Tuesday over comments by France's foreign minister that Paris should prepare for the prospect of war with Iran, which the West accuses of secretly developing nuclear weapons.
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not   be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear   programme, but Russia said any economic sanctions must rule out   the use of force against the Islamic Republic.
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Russia has raised rare public doubts about Iran's nuclear programme when Moscow questioned the test launch of a rocket earlier this week
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Tensions between Britain and Russia have been aggravated by the poisoning death of a former Russian spy in London &#151; an issue that could strain sensitive negotiations on issues as diverse as energy, NATO expansion, and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow was opposed to seeing Iran referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program, warning such a step could be &quot;counter-productive&quot;.
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Russia called on Iran on Sunday to ease world concerns about its nuclear ambitions by ratifying the additional protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and halting all uranium enrichment, the Ria-Novosti news agency reported.
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Western nations are pushing for a vote this week on a U.N. Security Council draft resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions, but Russia and China on Monday were far more cautious.
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China said on Thursday it hoped Iran's   nuclear standoff with the West can be resolved through   dialogue, as senior diplomats from six world powers gather in   Berlin to discuss what to do next.
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear programme, but Russia said any economic sanctions must rule out the use of force against the Islamic ...
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The Bush administration expressed  concern on Tuesday about Iran's pursuit of longer-range  ballistic missiles and imposed U.S. economic penalties against  Chinese companies it accused of helping Tehran in those  efforts.
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The Russian state-run company building a nuclear plant in Iran warned Wednesday that Iranian payment delays may cause "irreversible" damage to the project &#151; another strong signal of Moscow's annoyance with Tehran.
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Russia is unexpectedly opposing key parts of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, threatening international unity on how to handle Tehran's defiance, U.N. diplomats said Saturday.
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Russia said on Friday it was likely to  postpone talks in Tehran over the construction of a nuclear  power station, a project that has been caught up in an  international standoff over Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions.
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TEHRAN (International Herald Tribune) - President Vladimir Putin of Russia told a meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran on Tuesday that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable and in a declaration the countries agreed that none of them would allow their territories to be used as a base for launching military strikes against any of the others. Putin's comments and the declaration came at a time when France and the United States have refused to rule out military action to halt Iran's nuclear energy program, which they believe masks a desire to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is solely for peaceful purposes.
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The world's major powers are struggling to reach agreement on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment with the U.S. and Europe pushing for tougher measures than Russia and China will accept, council diplomats said Wednesday.
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MOSCOW -- Russia signaled sharp dissatisfaction yesterday with Iran's defiant stance on nuclear issues, declaring that the start-up of a Russian-built nuclear reactor will be delayed and warning that Moscow will not join Tehran "in anti-American games."
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Iran's foreign minister was likely to press Russia on Wednesday to complete construction of its Bushehr nuclear plant at talks that might be strained by Moscow's impatience with Tehran's nuclear ambitions.