@article{2017,title={ON RUSSIA’S PRO-IRANIAN ATTITUDE IN THE NUCLEAR CRISIS PROCESS},abstractNode={The Iranian nuclear crisis broke out in 2002 with the emergence of two secret nuclear facilities in Natanz and Arak. It drew a rebuff from the United States (US) and the Western countries and has become an international problem. Iran said that its program was for peaceful purposes but it was not taken seriously. In this context, although Russia did not veto the United Nations Security Council resolutions about sanctions against Iran, it standed in a position close to Iran and wanted to solve the problem with dialogue. This study focused on the reasons why Russia took a pro-Iranian position in the nuclear crisis. The main reasons for the pro-Iranian stance were put forward as follows: The negative impact of the US occupation of Iraq on Russia, Russia’s opposition to a possible US occupation of Iran, convenience of political/economic stability in the Middle East for Russia’s interests and its claim to balance the US in the region.},author={Umut BEKCAN},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}