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Russia says against Iran suspending IAEA cooperation

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government to discuss progress on the creation of museums and cultural and educational complexes via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 25. AP-Yonhap

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government to discuss progress on the creation of museums and cultural and educational complexes via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 25. AP-Yonhap

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday spoke out against Moscow's key ally Iran suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after Iranian lawmakers voted in favour of halting work with the UN nuclear agency.

"We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects Iran's repeated statements that Iran does not have and will not have plans to develop a nuclear weapon," Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow.