Summary
- Russia commits to completing light water reactor at Bushehr; overall Russian-Iranian nuclear ties may be increasing
- Iran risking new round of sanctions, but no news yet
- French President Sarkozy takes up mantle as a principal intermediary between West and Iran
- Syrian attempts to persuade Iran to more seriously commit to inspection regime
- Iranian air force to hold war games during Ramadan
On September 2, the state-run Russian nuclear consortium, AtomStroiExport (ASE),