Final shipment completes initial Bushehr fuel delivery

The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1737, with Russian support, imposing nuclear-related restrictions and asset freezes while cooperation over Bushehr remained a separate issue.

Sergei Ivanov announced that Russia had completed deliveries of Tor-M1 air-defence systems to Iran, demonstrating continued defence cooperation amid nuclear-related sanctions.

The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1747, with Russia voting in favour, expanding sanctions and prohibiting arms exports from Iran.

Vladimir Putin visited Tehran for the second Caspian summit, discussing regional security and the sea’s legal framework alongside Iran and the other littoral states.

Deliveries of Russian nuclear fuel for Bushehr began, turning the earlier supply arrangement into a concrete step toward operating Iran’s first nuclear power reactor.

Russia voted for resolution 1803 as the Security Council expanded restrictions on Iran’s nuclear activities, illustrating the limits of Moscow’s diplomatic support for Tehran.

The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1835, with Russia joining the call for Iran to comply with earlier nuclear resolutions and IAEA requirements.

Iranian and Russian officials oversaw pre-commissioning tests at Bushehr, a visible step toward bringing Iran’s Russian-assisted nuclear power plant into operation.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev met Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathering in Yekaterinburg, maintaining high-level bilateral contact.

Iran and the six negotiating powers, including Russia, discussed in Geneva a fuel-supply concept for the Tehran Research Reactor, opening a potential confidence-building channel.