, Iran, accused by some Western nations of seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, on Jan. 31 denied a British newspaper report that North Korea was giving it technical help to fulfill its ambition.
The U.N. Security Council voted to ban military supplies and weapons shipments to North Korea after Pyongyang carried out its first nuclear test in October.
The Iranian Embassy in Moscow said in a statement there were no secret nuclear contacts between the two countries.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran denied rumors of cooperation between North Korea and Iran on holding nuclear tests,” it said.
Iran has in the past used its embassy in Moscow, a key political and trading ally, to make global policy statements.
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