Russia denies Iran deal on nuclear plant
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Iran said on Thursday it had agreed a timetable with Russia for the start-up of the Islamic state's first nuclear power plant, but an official in Moscow said negotiations with Tehran were still under way.
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22 August 2004 -- Iran said today it is planning to build more nuclear power plants with Russian help, ignoring US concerns that byproducts from the plants could be used to manufacture nuclear bombs.
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Russia has indicated it will not allow  the United States to use a radar station in Azerbaijan for  missile defense against Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry  spokesman was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on  Sunday.
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LONDON, Sep 29 (IranMania) - Russia is against bringing up Iran&#39;s nuclear program at the UN Security Council and thinks the issue should be handled by the body&#39;s nuclear watchdog, a top official said Wednesday, Agence France Press  reported.
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MOSCOW - Russia said yesterday that it would oppose tougher sanctions on Iran for the time being and accused the United States and the European Union of undermining efforts to resolve diplomatically the crisis over Tehran's nuclear program.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has decided against providing technical help for Iran in building a nuclear reactor that the United States fears could be used to fuel a weapons program, Western diplomats said today.
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Nuclear energy officials hosted an Iranian delegation Wednesday for talks on the construction of a Russian-built plant that has fallen behind schedule because of what Moscow said were delays in payments by Tehran.
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MOSCOW -- A senior Russian nuclear official said yesterday that an atomic reactor Moscow is building for Iran, long a stumbling block in Russian-US relations, faced further delays.
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MOSCOW -- The launch of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran could be delayed because Iran has fallen behind in payments, Russian officials said yesterday . Top Iranian officials swiftly denied that payments had been disrupted, in the latest dispute surrounding the deal at the heart of the two countries' nuclear cooperation.
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signaled that Russia was opposed to any new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, saying such a move would undermine the work of the U.N. atomic watchdog, Russian news agencies reported Thursday
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Russia's President Putin denies claims that Russia is using its energy exports as a foreign policy tool.
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Iran poses no threat to Russia, top diplomats and military officials said Thursday as Moscow pressed its argument for the United States to abandon plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
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Russia has no chance of finishing Iran&#39;s  first nuclear power station before autumn 2008, a year behind  schedule, a Russian subcontractor helping to build the plant  told RIA news agency on Wednesday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated on Thursday that his country opposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program ahead of a meeting of major powers in London this week.
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Russia is preparing to sign a deal with  Iran this month to start atomic fuel shipments for a  Moscow-built nuclear reactor there, a Russian nuclear source  said on Monday.
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Russia and Iran said Thursday they had  finished construction of an atomic power plant in the Islamic  Republic -- a project the United States fears Tehran could use  to make nuclear arms.
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Russia angrily denied allegations Thursday that Russian forces had smuggled a cache of high explosives out of Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion in March 2003.