Russia criticises Iran's defiance
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attacks Iran for its stance on its nuclear and rocket ambitions.
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Russia's state arms exporter denounces US sanctions over trade with Iran.
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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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Russia's foreign minister cast new doubt   on whether the U.N. Security Council can reach a quick   consensus on punitive measures against Iran over its nuclear   program when he called sanctions a "dead end" on Friday.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized North Korea&#039;s missile tests and urged Iran to respond to an international offer on its nuclear program, but suggested Thursday it would be counterproductive to threaten either country with sanctions.
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Russia has delivered a consignment of nuclear fuel to Iran in spite of western worries about Tehran's nuclear ambitions, it has been revealed
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Russia raised concerns Friday about proposals to extend U.N. sanctions against Iran to its elite Revolutionary Guards, while China warned that reducing credit to the Islamic country could punish the Iranian people for their government's nuclear defiance.
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Russia said Friday it regrets Iran's decision not to halt uranium enrichment by a U.N. deadline, underscoring the growing impatience of one of Tehran's key allies on the Security Council.
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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 said Monday it has begun fuel deliveries to an atomic power station in Iran, which is at the center of international concerns over Tehran's ambitions to develop nuclear weapons.
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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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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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Russia criticises North Korea over its nuclear weapons claim and its decision to pull out of six-party talks.
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Russia failed to resolve differences with the United States and key European countries Monday over a U.N. resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that imposing wide-ranging sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program would be "irresponsible."
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Russia is against bringing up Iran's nuclear program at the UN Security Council and thinks the issue should be handled by the body's nuclear watchdog.
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MOSCOW -- Iran's ambassador to Russia accused Washington of waging a "psychological war" against his country and warned that a foreign attack would end in shame for the invaders. Ambassador Gholamreza Shafei said all Iranian people would defend their country if it came under attack. "If any country commits a foolish act and attacks our industrial facilities, built by Iranian ...