Russia still sees diplomacy resolving Iranian nuclear issue
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Russia's Lavrov says no proof Iran working on nuclear weapons
25/02/201012:01There is no hard proof that Iran is working on nuclear weapons, but Tehran has to clarify several key issues on its nuclear program to avoid fresh international action, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Russian, Iranian diplomats discuss Tehran's uranium enrichment
11/02/201015:40Russian and Iranian diplomats discussed on Thursday the situation around Tehran's nuclear program on the back of an announcement made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier in the day that Iran had produced its first stock of 20%-enriched uranium.
Iran sanctions should help strengthen nonproliferation - deputy Russian FM
10/02/201018:55Any new sanctions against Iran should work toward the strengthening of the nonproliferation regime, a deputy Russian foreign minister said Wednesday in a signal that Moscow will not back strong punitive action against Tehran.
Iran sanctions should help strengthen nonproliferation - deputy Russian FM
10/02/201018:15Any new sanctions against Iran should work toward the strengthening of the nonproliferation regime, a deputy Russian foreign minister said Wednesday in a signal that Moscow will not back strong punitive action against Tehran.
Cold spell in Russian-Iranian relations
21/01/201016:06MOSCOW. (Vladimir Yevseyev for RIA Novosti) - On January 19 of this year Iran's government prohibited a Russian plane carrying a Su-27SKM fighter (a modernized export version of the basic model) from flying over its territory to Bahrain, which was hosting the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS-2010). Although permission was granted by the end of the day, this indicates a cooling, rather than merely an annoying misunderstanding, in Russian-Iranian steadily developing relations.
Russia unaffected by U.S. sanction law against Iran - expert
16/12/200923:19A bill on prohibiting foreign businesses from operating in the U.S. if they are delivering oil byproducts to Iran could be the last attempt to persuade Tehran to soften its position on the country's nuclear program initiatives, a Russian expert said on Wednesday.
