IRAN RUSSIA

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, seen at their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. r Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations should not pursue oil pipeline projects that are not backed by regional powers. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Pool)