Iran denies secret ties with Russian institutes
TEHRAN, Jan 13 (AFP) - Iran on Wednesday denied US cha
rges that it worked with three Russian research institutes to develop
nuclear and missile technology.
"These accusations are not new and Iranian and Russian authorities
have already denied them," the Iranian embassy in Moscow said in a
statement, quoted by the official Iranian news agency IRNA.
The United States announced Tuesday it would slap sanctions on three
Russian research institutes for providing missile and nuclear assistance
to Iran.
The Moscow Aviation Institute, Medeleyev University and the Scientific
Research and Design Institute of Power Technology will suffer "economic
penalties," said US National Security Adviser Sandy Berger.
"Iran has no knowledge of the two institutes mentioned and it has
just a few students studying law, languages and humanities subjects at
the Moscow university," the embassy said.
"Iran has had no other relations or cooperation with the Moscow
university," it said. Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov slammed
the US move on Wednesday as "counterproductive for Russian-American
relations."
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