Russia makes nuclear plea to Iran
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Russia has urged Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme in order to avoid possible sanctions from the UN Security Council.
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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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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - Russia is ready to back sanctions against Iran aimed at preventing it from building military nuclear potential, Interfax news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Jack Straw held telephone talks on the upcoming discussion of Iran's nuclear program in Vienna Monday, Russia's foreign ministry said.
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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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The United States, the European Union  and Russia urged Iran Monday to comply with the U.N. nuclear  watchdog's demand that it halt all activities linked to uranium  enrichment, after Tehran rejected the call.
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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 Friday that a nuclear   standoff with the West could only be settled through   negotiation while Russia called imposing punitive sanctions on   Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work a dead end.
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Russia's delivery of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr power station makes it unnecessary for Iran to pursue its enrichment program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on 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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Russia's delivery of nuclear fuel to the  Bushehr power station makes it unnecessary for Iran to pursue  its enrichment program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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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's top nuclear body rebuffed on  Thursday Iran's announcement that an atomic reactor Moscow is  building for the Islamic state, long an irritant in Russia-U.S.  relations, faced further delays.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday a six-party meeting on Iran's nuclear plans will take place on Tuesday, Russian agencies reported.
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Iran told nuclear partner Russia on  Wednesday it would have to show "readiness" to expand nuclear  ties with Tehran to secure a solid share of Iran's atomic  market in face of growing competition from Europe.
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Iran must comply with demands from UN nuclear inspectors seeking to verify that Tehran is not trying to develop nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
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Russia delivers its first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr plant, Russia's foreign ministry says.