Bushehr pre-commissioning tests demonstrate progress

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.

Iran received the final Russian shipment in the initial Bushehr fuel series, completing a supply milestone before reactor commissioning.

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.

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.

The IAEA hosted representatives of Iran, Russia, France and the United States in Vienna to discuss supplying fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor.

Russia supported an IAEA Board resolution censuring Iran over its previously undisclosed enrichment facility, revealing limits to Moscow’s support for Tehran in nuclear diplomacy.

Russia voted for Security Council Resolution 1929, which expanded restrictions on Iran’s arms-related, financial and shipping activities. Moscow’s vote showed that nuclear cooperation with Iran...