Middle East ; Iran gives up nuclear freeze exemption demand
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Middle East News, Iran agreed to give up its demand to exempt research and development on uranium enrichment technology from a freeze of its enrichment program, in an attempt to ease international fears that it was covertly developing atomic weapons, a
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TEHRAN  - Iran stuck by its demand that 20 centrifuges be excluded from its agreement to freeze nuclear fuel work, and complained a draft International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was &quot;not satisfactory&quot;.
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Iran still refuses to suspend nuclear enrichment before the start of talks on its nuclear program &#151; a key demand by the six nations locked in a diplomatic standoff with the Islamic republic, officials said Tuesday.
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It wants to be allowed to operate dozens of centrifuges &quot;for research purposes&quot; -- an activity banned under a uranium enrichment freeze Iran just agreed to.
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Iran has asked the UN atomic agency to exempt several dozen centrifuges from an agreement with the European Union which went into effect two days ago freezing its nuclear fuel cycle, diplomats told AFP.
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Iran will announce its final decision later on Sunday on an EU proposal that it freeze sensitive nuclear work in return for avoiding referral to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, local news agencies reported.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Iran has backed down on its demand to exempt some equipment from a freeze on its uranium-equipment program, diplomats reportedly said Sunday.
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Iran agreed to freeze all its nuclear programme last night, dropping its insistence that some uranium enrichment activities be exempted from a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Iran announced yesterday that it has frozen all uranium-enrichment programs, weakening a US effort to refer its suspect nuclear activities to the UN Security Council.
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UNITED NATIONS - A new European resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions eases a list of goods Tehran cannot buy or sell and exempts Russian construction and fueling of a reactor it is building in Iran.
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TEHRAN  - Iran said it was freezing its controversial nuclear fuel work in a move welcomed hailed by the head of the UN&#39;s atomic watchdog as a step in the right direction to easing fears the Islamic regime is seeking the bomb.
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Iran is ready to consider complying &#151; at least temporarily &#151; with a U.N. Security Council demand that it freeze uranium enrichment, which can be used in developing atomic weapons, diplomats told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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Itâs unclear whether Iran has withdrawn its demand that some of its technology be excluded from a freeze on nuclear enrichment activities.
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VIENNA, Austria  - U.S. and European diplomats tentatively agreed Thursday to demand a new Iranian freeze on uranium enrichment by fall as they fine-tuned a draft resolution meant to deprive Iran of technology that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
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VIENNA , Nov 24 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - In a dramatic 11th hour move ahead of a crucial UN atomic agency meeting, Iran has asked the watchdog to exempt several dozen centrifuges from its pledge to freeze its nuclear fuel cycle.
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Iran on Monday suspended sensitive  nuclear activities that could be used to make a bomb in a move  likely to thwart U.S. efforts to report the Islamic Republic to  the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment