North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Monday expressed worries over Iran’s steps to shrink its nuclear program and their closer ties with the West.

From Implementation Day on January 16, when the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran has curbed its nuclear program enough to begin receiving sanctions relief, through Tuesday the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has published more than 10 stories related to Iran. These stories have included those political in nature, such as coverage of the U.S. Navy vessel that was briefly detained after drifting into Iranian waters.

But the KCNA had remained silent