[Ha'aretz] Yossi Melman - The state-owned Russian company building the Iranian nuclear plant at Bushehr announced Monday that the plant would not be launched in September and nuclear fuel will not be delivered to the station this month as planned, due to unpaid bills. However, American and Israeli experts see a strategic decision by Russia that represents a changing diplomatic stance. For the past five years, Russia has used various excuses to delay the transfer of low-level enriched uranium to the Bushehr plant. Twice in the past two weeks, U.S. spokesmen have praised Russia's stance in delaying the completion of the Bushehr reactor.
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