The United States has raised the idea of an 'international front' against, what it has long been referring to as, 'wrongful' pursuits on the part of Iran.

On Wednesday, US Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn depicted the formation that included Russian surveillance structures. "We are exploring the cooperation with the Russians," he said.

It would serve as "a diplomatic signaling to the Iranians that…they will face a concerted international front, should they proceed down that path," Lynn said in an apparent reference to Iran's military and nuclear activities, The Washington Post reported.

Briefing the Senate Armed Service Committee, he said "this is an unacceptable course for them to pursue."

The collaboration would recruit two Russian radars -- one south of the country and the other in Azerbaijan -- to provide "helpful early-warning detection in the case of an Iranian ballistic missile attack," said Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O'Reilly, director of the Missile Defense Agency.

The facilities would either supplement or substitute the installation-pending American interceptor missiles and radar system in Eastern Europe.

The former US administration proposed that the hardware be deployed in Poland and Czech Republic against potential offensives by 'Iran and North Korea'.

Moscow has already denounced the Polish-Czech move as a 'deterrent' that imperiled its security calling it an invitation back into the Cold War era.

Last month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Washington of holding onto the 'Iran excuse' to stain Russia's backyard with threats.

"The way it [the US anti-ballistic missile shield] is designed has nothing to do with Iran's nuclear program. It is aimed at Russian strategic forces, deployed in the European part of the Russian Federation," he said.

"The (International Atomic Energy Agency) IAEA has clarified the issues that have arisen in relation to Iran's nuclear efforts in recent years and in clarifying these concerns we want to establish trust in Iran's nuclear program and to ascertain its peaceful means of production."

The new White House team has, however, paused to pursue the move in an apparent sign to cease, what was widely seen as the former administration's neoconservative application of the 'politics of fear'.