Iran defiant on atomic plans
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Iran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology despite the threat of more sanctions, Tehran told France in a letter published on Monday, a day before talks to try to defuse the atomic row with the West.
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Iran will never be prepared to  dismantle its nuclear program entirely but remains committed to  the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), its chief delegate to the  International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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Iran on Tuesday defied international calls for it to stop enriching uranium, a day before a U.N. deadline for it to back down.
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Iran refused yesterday to agree to suspend indefinitely its uranium enrichment activities although it would continue talks with Britain, France and Germany on a package of incentives.
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TEHRAN - Iran reacted yesterday with defiance to a resolution from the UN&#39;s atomic watchdog, rejecting calls to halt sensitive nuclear activities and threatening to block tough inspections if the issue was referred to the Security Council.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   said on Thursday Iran would not yield to Western pressure over   its rights, on the day of a U.N. deadline to halt its atomic   work.
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Iran on Tuesday refused to suspend uranium enrichment and asked the European Union (EU) to take confidence-building moves. &quot;Iran cannot be forced to discontinue enrichment process
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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions as a U.N.   deadline fell due for Tehran to stop work that the West fears   could lead to atomic bombs.
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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 will never be prepared to dismantle its nuclear program entirely but remains committed to the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), its chief delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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A defiant Iran kept on enriching uranium in advance of the U.N. Security Council's Thursday deadline for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions, U.N. and European officials said.
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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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TEHERAN - Iran reacted yesterday with defiance to a tough resolution from the United Nations atomic watchdog, rejecting calls to halt sensitive nuclear activities and threatening to block tough inspections if the issue was referred to the Security Council
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Iran's hard-line president on Thursday again rejected demands that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, even as top Iranian and European diplomats sounded somewhat optimistic about making progress toward starting negotiations.
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Vienna - Equipped with black-market blueprints of a nuclear bomb and some weapons-grade uranium, Iran is defying the United Nations by secretly continuing supposedly suspended activities as it presses ahead with plans to have atomic arms by next year, an
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TEHRAN  - Iranian officials said they will not bow to international demands for Tehran to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities, saying they were ready for confrontation or negotiation.
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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.