MNA � The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said that his country supports Iran�s missile program, calling the criticisms against the Iranian missile nonsense.

Talking to reporters on Tuesday, after Iran�s launching of Payam satellite, which a technical failure prevented it from placing into the orbit, Sergey Ryabkov reacted to Western countries� criticism against Iranian missile program.

Sergey Ryabkov said �it is very difficult to imagine that talks on Iran's missile program would start under US pressures.�

He stressed that barrage of criticism against the development of Iran's missile program is �meaningless.�