Russia Rethinks Links With Iran
Nuclear energy ministry appeared to backtrack on plans

August 3, 2002
By Andrew Jack

Russia's nuclear energy ministry yesterday appeared to backtrack on plans for expanded co-operation with Iran, in the wake of US criticism that Moscow risks intensifying the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

In a short statement released yesterday, the ministry said that its only co-operation with Iran was on the Bushehr nuclear reactor, and that any additional work was only at the stage of technical discussion.

The remarks came after Moscow released a 10-year plan for Iran last month, which cited the construction of additional nuclear reactors and "long-term co-operation in the use of peaceful atomic energy".

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