Iran offers Russia cash to unblock nuclear plant

Iran offered Russia more money on Friday to overcome construction delays at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power station.

The United States has been pushing Russia to stop building the Bushehr plant in southwest Iran because it suspects Tehran will use the atomic know-how to make nuclear weapons. The Russian contractor building the plant said Iran owed about $50 million in missed payments and construction would be delayed as a result. Russia had been due to deliver the first nuclear fuel this month. (Reuters)