Azerbaijan had been holding a truck containing insulation equipment for the plant at the Azerbaijani-Iranian border since March 29, insisting that Russia had not provided proper transit documents for the cargo.

Its release came after Russia provided information on the shipment earlier this week.

"We received the information from Russia, studied it and then we decided to let it go," foreign ministry spokesman Khazar Ibragim told AFP.

He said he was unaware if the cargo had already crossed into Iran.

Russian state-run company Atomstroiexport had earlier insisted the shipment should be allowed to pass as it was not "subject to special control."

The UN Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran over its failure to heed resolutions requiring the suspension of its sensitive uranium enrichment operations.

Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, is completing work on Iran's first nuclear power station at Bushehr.

Moscow has close ties with Iran -- its southern border is separated from Iran by just a few hundred kilometres (miles) of territory in the Caucasus region, which includes Azerbaijan.

Western governments believe oil-rich Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists its programme is peaceful and aimed at generating energy.

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