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Posted on 11/13/2003 8:03:18 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
Russia to delay signing key nuclear agreement with Iran
AFP - World News (Via Yahoo) Aug 29, 2003
Moscow announced on Friday that it would delay until the end of the year signing a key agreement with Iran that would launch the Islamic state's first nuclear reactor.
The unexpected statement from Russia's atomic energy ministry appeared to be a direct concession to frequently-expressed US and Israeli concerns that the project could help Iran develop a nuclear weapons programme.
Russia and Iran had planned to sign an agreement under which Moscow would provide fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant that it has been helping build in southern Iran.
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