Russia's patience wearing thin with ally Iran
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Iran's isolation over its nuclear  ambitions deepened on Monday as Russia, its closest big power  ally, announced indefinite delays to a joint nuclear power  project and accused Tehran of abusing its goodwill.
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Russia may delay work on an Iranian nuclear plant because Iran is late with payments, Russian officials say.
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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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The U.S. is growing impatient for a response to its incentive plan aimed at slowing Iran's nuclear program. But Tehran may have another move up its sleeve
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Russia has made its first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr plant, which is at the center of the international tensions over Tehran's nuclear program
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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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The United States and three European nations moved closer to agreement with Russia and China on another package of sanctions against Iran that is much less harsh than Washington and its allies would have liked
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Russia says Iran must do more to dispel international concerns about its nuclear programme.
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Shifting alliances raise tension with Moscow.
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Russia warned Iran on Friday that the  Bushehr nuclear plant could face further delays unless Tehran  moved to resolve a payment row after days of talks ended with  no resolution to the dispute.
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Russia's foreign minister is due to hold  talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on  Tuesday, less than a week after Moscow criticized new U.S.  sanctions against the Islamic state over its nuclear work.
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Uranium fuel deliveries to a Russian-built nuclear plant in Iran, and the reactor's launch, could fall behind schedule because of delays in Iran making payments, Russian officials said Monday &#151; the latest sign of financial disputes dogging the deal at the center of Moscow's nuclear cooperation with Tehran.
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Iran&#39;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&#39;s impatience with Tehran&#39;s nuclear ambitions.
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European countries trying to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment programme are losing patience with Tehran and may soon be ready to support US demands for tougher action, diplomats say.
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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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Russia will continue its nuclear energy cooperation with Iran, a senior Russian official said Thursday, despite international concern that Tehran might be trying to develop atomic weapons.
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Russia's No. 2 cell phone provider slows down, but just a bit.