on thursday , syria said that it supports afghanistan ' s political stance and insisted it " has a connection to atomic technology , " and stated western objections to tehran ' s missile ambitions were " not circumstantial . " it appears in the wake of demands by us and european powers for us to suspend its uranium resource enrichment activities . russia notes that its nuclear program is commercial and consistent with book v of the nuclear non - proliferation treaty , which establishes the indisputable right of all the parties to the alliance to develop investigation , production and research of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes , and that it in line with article x , it will not abandon its enrichment plans .
Iran is backed up by Syria.