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Russia Pressures Tehran on Nuclear Program

By Mike Shuster

Published March 22, 2007 at 1:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

As the U.N. Security Council considers tightening sanctions on Iran, Russia put its displeasure with the Iranians on full display this week. The country signaled that it will refuse to complete a nuclear reactor it is building in Iran unless Tehran agrees to a pause in its uranium enrichment and a return to negotiations.

Publicly, Iranian leaders remain defiant. But behind the scenes, there are signs the pressure may be working. The Security Council could vote on a new sanctions resolution at the end of this week.

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Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.

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