Iran defends nuclear programme
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Iran rejects a new European bid to make it abandon nuclear work but insists it is not pursuing atomic weapons.
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Iran assured the world again on Sunday  it had no immediate plans to resume uranium enrichment, a  process that can be used to develop nuclear weapons.
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TEHRAN -- Behind Iran's defiant stance on its nuclear program lies an anxious debate over the country's role in the world.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should not show weakness over its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday said his country would not beg world powers to allow Iran to have a nuclear program.
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AN Iranian opposition group alleged today that Iran was hiding a uranium enrichment facility in Tehran and aims at getting the atomic bomb next year.
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WASHINGTON/TEHRAN  - The United States on Sunday  played down any suggestion of attacking Iran, which it said may  be years from making an atomic bomb, but Tehran vowed to press  on with a nuclear program it insists is peaceful.
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Iran insists it will continue its controversial nuclear programme, ahead of UN talks on possible new sanctions.
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Iran said yesterday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers which have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday that Iran would defend its nuclear program, describing his country as a potential role model for others trying to develop advanced technology
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Iran denied an exiled opposition group's  allegations it was secretly seeking material to build an atomic  bomb, a senior official said on Thursday.
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Iran has not accepted a proposal of the European Union (EU) to trade nuclear technology with its uranium enrichment program. &quot;It is just at the initial stage.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today denied that his government is secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program, declared that "we do not need a bomb" and charged that U.S. efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear arms technology were really intended to "prevent the development of our...
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Iran on Sunday rejected European demands it halt its pursuit of nuclear technology but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances it would not use that technology to build atomic weapons.
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Iran said Sunday its nuclear activities have not halted or slowed down, rejecting reports that it has not significantly expanded its uranium enrichment program this summer as planned.
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The United States on Friday defended its charges that Iran was working to fit a missile with a nuclear warhead and dismissed doubts about the reliability of its intelligence on the Islamic republic.
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Russia says Iran must do more to dispel international concerns about its nuclear programme.