He said that Russia, just as other countries, is interested in the Iranian nuclear program being under control of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Mr. Malyshev added that since 2004 the IAEA has been holding inspections in Iran to discover violations or not of its international obligations.
Russia participated in the IAEA Board of Governors and in establishing the fact whether the Iranian program may be dubitable. As of now, he summed up, no such fact, no dubitable nature of the Iranian nuclear program has been discovered. Mr. Malyshev said that additional documents are required to take a final decision.
As regards Russia's participation in building the Bushehr nuclear power station in Iran, Mr. Malyshev stressed that cooperation lies within the four corners of Russia's international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. "The Bushehr nuclear power station is an example of peaceful cooperation and not a process of transfer of technologies", he said.
As to the United States' position on the Iranian nuclear program, Mr. Malyshev stressed that, in his opinion, "the United States is not saying that Russian-Iranian cooperation is illegal".
