Iran won't halt atomic work, snubs big powers
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Iran said on Tuesday it would never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, a day after world powers agreed to work on a new U.N. resolution to pressure Tehran to back down over its nuclear program.
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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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Iran rejected on Sunday a resolution  from the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it should freeze uranium  enrichment, its chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani said.
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Tehran - Iranian officials said on Wednesday they will not cede to international demands for the Islamic republic to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities, saying they were ready for confrontation or negotiation.
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Iran on Saturday brushed aside warnings by G8 leaders that it would face further U.N. sanctions if it failed to halt uranium enrichment work.
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Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will have talks with the U.N. atomic watchdog chief on Friday but will not discuss big powers' demands for an Iranian nuclear halt, an Iranian official said on Wednesday.
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Iran says it is not obliged to allow UN atomic energy agency inspectors to visit military sites alleged to be involved in secret nuclear weapons work but that it is willing to discuss the issue.
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Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.
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Iran on Sunday rejected European demands that it halt all uranium enrichment activities and described a proposal aimed at ending Tehran&#39;s nuclear standoff with the international community as &quot;unbalanced.
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Iran's president defiantly refused to compromise as a U.N. deadline for his country to stop enriching uranium arrived Thursday, saying Tehran would not be bullied into giving up its right to nuclear technology.
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Iran vowed defiantly on Thursday not to   bow to Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was   expected to report Tehran had failed to meet a deadline to halt   work which the West fears could help it build a nuclear bomb.
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Iran on Saturday brushed aside warnings  by G8 leaders that it would face further U.N. sanctions if it  failed to halt uranium enrichment work.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said yesterday it is prepared to suspend some nuclear activities but would not surrender its right to enrich uranium.
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Iran will not stop uranium enrichment despite opposition from the EU, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator says.
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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's president rejects calls to suspend uranium enrichment, a day before a UN deadline runs out.
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Iran has not offered to temporarily   suspend its uranium enrichment program as part of an effort to   launch nuclear negotiations with six major powers, despite   reports it had shown flexibility, the State Department said on   Tuesday.