Iran leader wants to defend nuke program
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to take his case for pursuing nuclear power before the U.N. Security Council, the government said Sunday, as the world body debates new sanctions on the Islamic nation for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Iran would defend the aims of its nuclear program during any negotiations, as the European Union gave Tehran extra time to show it was serious about talks.
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Iranian reformists challenged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hardline nuclear policy on Friday as the United States defended its imposition of tougher sanctions on Tehran for its disputed atomic work.
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Iran's supreme leader on Sunday denied his country had any plans to build atomic weapons, but the president insisted the nuclear program itself was not negotiable.
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Iran vows to defend its nuclear activities to the end, as world powers prepare for talks on more sanctions.
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Despite the threat of sanctions and a looming deadline, the Iranian president again scoffed Wednesday at a U.N. Security Council demand that the Islamic republic halt its uranium-enrichment program.
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Iran's supreme leader says the US should not to use the row over Tehran's nuclear programme to bring Iran to its knees.
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Iran's hardline president maintained a defiant tone Saturday ahead of talks with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on the country's suspect nuclear program.
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TEHRAN -- Iran's president said yesterday that his nation would continue its nuclear program but provide guarantees not to build atomic weapons, and it warned Washington that it cannot stabilize neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehran's help.
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Iran might launch pre-emptive strikes to  protect its nuclear facilities if they are threatened, Defense  Minister Ali Shamkhani said in remarks broadcast on Friday.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran wanted further talks to address the West's concerns about its nuclear program but said the country would not abandon its efforts to make nuclear fuel.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- In a feisty session with leading foreign policy experts, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly stuck to his hard-line positions on issues including Iran's nuclear program and a need for further study to confirm the Holocaust.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog meets Iranian leaders on Saturday to push for swifter cooperation in resolving questions about the Islamic Republic's atomic activity, which the West fears will be used to make bombs.
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ARAK, Iran  - Iran's president launched a new   phase in the Arak heavy-water reactor project on Saturday,   saying Tehran would not give up its right to nuclear technology   despite Western fears it aims to make atomic bombs.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Iran will push on with its nuclear program even if it is forced to halt inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran wanted talks to continue to remove the West's concerns over its nuclear program but said Tehran would not abandon its right to make nuclear fuel.
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U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei sought clarity from Iran on Friday about an atomic program the West fears may ultimately yield warheads.