Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been pretty cozy up until now....in recent years, Russia has built nuclear facilities for Iran, sold Iran hundreds of millions of dollars worth of nuclear technology, trained over a thousand Iranian nuclear scientists, run political interference for Iran at the United Nations over the nuclear issue and was due, this month, to deliver enriched uranium to Iran....but now Moscow is balking, and Tehran sounds testy....poor Mahmoud....not a fun way to spend the Persian New Year, fretting about how best to complete his nuclear weapons arsenal....the Russians are claiming that Iran has failed to pay its bills for the nuclear reactor it's building at Bushehr....the Iranians say that's nonsense....they claim they are all paid up and that the Russians are just delaying -- yet again....."It is deplorable that there has been a delay in launching the Bushehr plant," said Iran's chief nuclear negotatiator Ali Larijani, according to a report by Agence France Presse. "The Russians should keep their promises on time....According to the initial contract the plant was set to be launched on July 8, 1999. It has been delayed five times."....Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of ...   more »