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MOSCOW: Russia has trained 600 Iranian experts to work on its first nuclear power station, which Washington fears is being used to develop atomic weapons, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Wednesday. An Iranian nuclear official told the agency that the experts had undergone training at the Novovoronezh Centre in Russia, which is to prepare some 700 specialists for work in the Bushehr plant. Russia faced intense pressure from the United States over helping Iran in construction of the Bushehr reactor. The US fears that Iran could use fuel from the reactor for a programme for developing nuclear weapons. Washington...

US blacklists Russian arms firm selling to Iran Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Thursday September 18, 2003 The Guardian The US has accused Russia of selling an advanced weapon to Iran and imposed sanctions on the state company involved. The action has been taken just days before the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is due to meet George Bush at the US presidential retreat, Camp David. Tula KBP, a state-owned company making anti-aircraft and anti-missile devices, has been banned from doing business with the US and US companies for a year for selling the laser-guided Krasnopol M artillery shells to Iran....

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...