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Putin Weighs In On Syria, Iran

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia is concerned about the "growing threat" of an attack on Iran over its nuclear p...

Russia: Iran Strike Would Have Catastrophic Consequences

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2012

MOSCOW, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Russia warned Israel not to attack Iran over its nuclear programme, saying on Wednesday that military action would have c...

Russia: Iran Attack Would Trigger Chain Reaction

Reuters | Posted 03.19.2012

By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Russia warned on Wednesday that an attack on Iran would cause a catastrophe and said U...

Russia Regrets Launch Of Iranian Uranium Enrichment Facility

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 03.11.2012

MOSCOW — Russia expressed regret and concern Tuesday about Iran's launch of uranium enrichment up to 20 percent at an underground facility, but ...

Russia Seizes Iran-Bound Radioactive Metal

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 02.15.2012

MOSCOW — Russia's customs agency announced Friday it has seized pieces of radioactive metal from the luggage of an Iranian passenger bound for T...

Iran Claims To Have S-300 Surface-To-Air Missiles

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems despite Russia's refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid cont...

US And Russia Clash Over Iran Nuclear Plant

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer ...

Russian FM: Threats Of Iran Sanctions Won't Work

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is ...

Russia Stand On Iran Sanctions Welcomed By Israel

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli official welcomes steps by Russia toward endorsing additional sanctions against Iran as a way of stopping its nucle...

Russia Agrees To Possible Iran Sanctions As Reward For Obama's Missile Defense Plan

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A unified U.S.-Russian stance on sanctions against Iran would put added pressure on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to yield so...

Russian FM Says No New Sanctions On Iran

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister says Moscow firmly opposes any new sanctions against Iran. Sergey Lavrov says new tougher sanctions would ru...

Russia Confirms Iran Missile Contract

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

MOSCOW — Russian news agencies cited a top defense official Wednesday as confirming that a contract to sell powerful air-defense missiles to Ira...

Medvedev Sees 'New Page' For U.S.-Russia Ties

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday predicted a "new page" in Russia-US relations under Barack Obama, amid reports Moscow is shelving a missile delivery...

Iran Looms Over Clinton's Mideast Trip

Nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER | Posted 05.25.2011

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Iran is not on Hillary Rodham Clinton's itinerary in her first swing through the Middle East and Europe as secretary of state. ...

Will Russia Sell Tehran Its Weapons?

Babylon & Beyond | Posted 05.25.2011

Confusion reigned over reports that Russia might sell Iran sophisticated antiaircraft weapons despite a pledge not to. It's no secret that Iran wants...