Iran ignores powers, U.N. on enrichment
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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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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution that would give his nation until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment. Instead, Ahmadinejad insisted Tehran would pursue its nuclear program.
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Iran defied the United Nations on  Tuesday by announcing it would go on converting a large amount  of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a process that can  be used to develop atomic bombs.
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Iran's failure to clear up concerns about its nuclear activities after concealing them for almost 20 years sets it apart from all other nations, the U.N. atomic watchdog chief said on Monday.
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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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A UN report says Iran is planning uranium enrichment facilities, but does not confirm if  nuclear weapons are the goal.
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VIENNA/TEHRAN  - Iran failed on Thursday to give a  definitive answer to an EU demand it freeze sensitive nuclear  activities or face referral to the UN Security Council for  possible sanctions, a diplomat familiar with the talks said.
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In the eyes of six world powers, Iran   has failed to meet a U.N. Security Council demand that it   suspend uranium enrichment, a senior European Union diplomat   said, in a move which could pave the way for sanctions.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog declared on Thursday that Iran failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment and Washington said major powers would meet next week to start writing a new Iran sanctions resolution.
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Iran has rejected a resolution from the UN nuclear watchdog that it should freeze uranium enrichment and threatened to end snap checks of atomic facilities if its case were sent to the UN Security Council.
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Iran will not comply with IAEA demands that it freeze all activities related to the enrichment of uranium and the Islamic republic is open for both confrontation and negotiations, Iranâs senior national security official said.
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Iran said on Saturday it was  surprised by proposed new sanctions over its nuclear program  and said major powers should have waited for the verdict of a  United Nations watchdog in March.
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Iran's foreign minister denied Tuesday the remark of the U.N. nuclear chief that his country has temporarily slowed its nuclear program
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Iran will never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday after world powers agreed to work on a new U.N. resolution over Tehran's atomic plans.
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Iran accused the U.N. Security Council of ignoring Israeli threats to attack the Islamic Republic and called on the body, in a letter made public on Monday, to demand that the Jewish state desist.
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Iran looked set to avoid being reported to the United Nations Security Council on Monday after reaffirming its commitment to a deal meant to reassure the world it is not trying to build a nuclear bomb.
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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend nuclear enrichment, six world   powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to   U.S. calls for sanctions against Tehran.