Iran-Russian Nuclear-Fuel Deal Hits Snag

Iran-Russian Nuclear-Fuel Deal Hits Snag

32 minutes ago World - AP Asia


By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran - Last-minute disputes Saturday forced Iran (news - web sites) and Russia to postpone the signing of an agreement to supply Iran with fuel for its first nuclear reactor, a deal strongly opposed by the United States.


The countries' top nuclear officials had been set to sign the agreement on Saturday morning, a day after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents.


But after hours of delay, Yacoub Jabbarian, an official at Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters that talks had been prolonged and it was not clear when the signing would take place. He did not give the reason for the delay.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=731&e=4&u=/ap/20050226/ap_on_re_as/iran_russia_nuclear


Another story says ONLY 24 HOUR SNAG
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran (news - web sites) said on Saturday a key deal for Russia to supply it with nuclear fuel had been delayed by 24 hours and was expected to be signed on Sunday.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=732&e=4&u=/nm/20050226/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_russia_dc


maybe shrubby is giving a nice size "loan" to Putin to slow things down....

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/redir.php?jid=ca5e252f61c0ecb0&cat=c08dd24cec417021

Iran, Russia Postpone Nuclear Fuel Signing Sat. 26 Feb 2005



Associated Press

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

TEHRAN, Iran - Last-minute disputes Saturday forced Iran and Russia to postpone the signing of an agreement to supply Iran with fuel for its first nuclear reactor, a deal strongly opposed by the United States.

The countries' top nuclear officials had been set to sign the agreement on Saturday morning, a day after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents.

But after hours of delay, Yacoub Jabbarian, an official at Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters that talks had been prolonged and it was not clear when the signing would take place. He did not give the reason for the delay.

An Iranian nuclear official speaking on condition of anonymity said ``deep differences'' had arisen, but would not elaborate.


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Looks like Putin and Bush did come to an agreement to delay but its still expected Russia will sign on Sunday!!!

watching...just to smear *'s nose into it?