WASHINGTON SEEN ACCEPTING IRANIAN REACTOR DEAL

. An articlein the July 1 Segodnya said that Russian nuclear powerministry officials believe that Vice President Al Gore had acceptedMoscow’s plans to sell nuclear equipment to Iran.(Interfax reportedJuly 1 that US defense secretary William Perry had not raisedany "domestic" issues–code for Chechnya–during hisJune 30 session with Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev.) In related developments, IAEA chief Hans Blix said that Westernfears of the leakage of nuclear materials were exaggerated, andthat the nuclear deal with Iran did not pose any particularproblems, Russian radio reported July 3.

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