IAEA blocks Iran reactor aid over plutonium risk
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Thursday indefinitely blocked Iran's bid for technical aid for a reactor project over concerns it could be secretly used to yield bomb-grade plutonium.
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear  work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart  U.S. efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security  Council for possible sanctions.
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Most Western and developing nations in the U.N. nuclear watchdog effectively agreed on Wednesday to shelve Iran's request for aid to a nuclear project over fears it could yield bomb-grade plutonium, diplomats said.
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The United States, the EU and Russia  urged Iran Monday to comply with the U.N. nuclear watchdog's  demand that it halt all activities linked to uranium  enrichment, a process that can be used to build an atom bomb.
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The recent nuclear accord European officials signed with Iran leaves Iran free to make plutonium, which can also be used as fuel for nuclear weapons.
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IRAN yesterday froze sensitive nuclear work, including uranium enrichment, in a move likely to thwart United States efforts to report the Islamic state to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.
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The crisis over Iran&#39;s nuclear program is heating up. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved a resolution criticizing Iran&#39;s continued refusal to cease its plans to enrich 40 tons of uranium.
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart U.S. efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Monday afternoon decided that it will not submit Iran&#39;s nuclear issue to the UN Security Council for discussion.
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The UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, rejects Iran's request for help in building a heavy-water nuclear reactor.
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VIENNA -- The UN nuclear watchdog agency effectively agreed yesterday to deny Iran technical help in building a plutonium-producing reactor but left room for Tehran to renew its request in two years, diplomats said.
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Iran on Thursday said it plans to press ahead with construction of a heavy-water nuclear reactor the U.S. and its allies fear could be used to produce plutonium to build atomic weapons hours after the U.N. nuclear watchdog denied Tehran help in building it.
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A defiant Iran faces possible U.N.   Security Council sanctions after the world body's atomic   watchdog said Tehran refused to stop work on its nuclear   program by a Thursday deadline.
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VIENNA -- Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment equipment, salvaging a deal with the UN's atomic watchdog agency that nonproliferation officials hope would curb Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions.
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A key meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency stalled Wednesday, reflecting disagreements between the United States and Europe over how firmly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program.
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The question has become more urgent as Tehran resists the International Atomic Energy Agency&#39;s demand that it suspend the enrichment of uranium, part of a process that can lead either to electricity generation or a stockpile of atomic bombs.
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Iran on Sunday denounced as "illegal" demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment &#151; a technology that can be used for nuclear weapons &#151; and threatened to limit cooperation with the agency if it moves toward sanctions.