Russia supports IAEA censure over Iran’s enrichment facility

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.

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

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...

The process of loading Russian fuel at Bushehr began under IAEA supervision, advancing Iran’s first nuclear power reactor toward operation.

Dmitry Medvedev signed decree 1154 restricting military transfers to Iran, explicitly including S-300 air-defence systems, creating a major obstacle to Tehran’s defence procurement.

Iran and Russia joined the other Caspian littoral states at the third summit in Baku, continuing negotiations on regional security and cooperation.

The presidents of Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan met in Astana during the SCO gathering, discussing Iran’s nuclear programme and regional cooperation.