Iran defiant ahead of report
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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 said yesterday it is ready to provide &quot;guarantees&quot; it won&#39;t seek nuclear weapons, and warned the United States that success in stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan was impossible without Iranian support.
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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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Iran expects to have its own nuclear-generated electricity by this time next year and will not bow to Western pressure to halt uranium enrichment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday.
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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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Tehran will remain steady in pursuing its disputed nuclear program and hopes the U.N. Security Council won't approve further sanctions, Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday.
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Iran has pushed ahead with a uranium enrichment program in defiance of a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend it, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported today. The finding appeared likely to trigger U.S. efforts to obtain harsher U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran failed to halt uranium enrichment activity ahead of a deadline.
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Iran will press ahead with its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on the day of a U.N. deadline for Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment activities.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a defiant yet vague tone on Sunday, telling Iranians during the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that their country would not give up uranium enrichment but was prepared to talk with the international community.
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Iran has promised to meet Monday&#39;s deadline and suspend a uranium enrichment process that could be used for making nuclear weapons.
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A defiant Iran faces the threat of 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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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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A leaked UN report says Iran has failed to heed its 31 August deadline to halt uranium enrichment.
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Iran rejects UN calls for it to stop uranium enrichment, after a report said it had missed a deadline to do so.
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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 will not suspend uranium enrichment, as demanded by the West, but is still holding talks about its nuclear program, the Iranian government spokesman said on Monday.