Iran, Russia delay signing of nuke fuel deal
Russia and Iran yesterday delayed the scheduled signing of a landmark nuclear fuel supply deal that will launch the Islamic republic's first atomic power station, with an Iranian official saying negotiations were "dragging on".
Russia's top atomic energy official Alexander Rumyantsev and his Iranian counterpart Gholamreza Aghazadeh had been due to sign off on the contract in the morning and then hold a joint news conference.
But the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Yaghoub Jabarian, told reporters that the deal had not been signed and the news conference postponed.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "The negotiations are dragging on. We do not know when they will conclude," he said, adding a press conference will "maybe" take place on Sunday.
No further details were given.
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