Iran Insists on Keeping Some Centrifuges
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Iran insisted Thursday it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union committing it to freeze all parts of a program that can make nuclear weapons-grade uranium &#151; a move that diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal.
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Iran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology regardless of threats of more sanctions, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a letter to his French counterpart issued on Monday by an Iranian news agency.
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VIENNA , Nov 24 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - In a dramatic 11th hour move ahead of a crucial UN atomic agency meeting, Iran has asked the watchdog to exempt several dozen centrifuges from its pledge to freeze its nuclear fuel cycle.
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Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only  prepared to keep its uranium enrichment activities frozen for a  few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want,  permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.
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Just a day before an international deadline, Iran agreed Sunday not to test any centrifuges as part of a total suspension of nuclear activities that can yield uranium for atomic weapons.
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TEHRAN, Sept. 2 -- Iran's president said Sunday that his country is now running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear program, reaching a goal that could spur efforts to impose new U.N. sanctions on the Islamic republic.
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VIENNA, Feb. 13 -- Iran's new-generation advanced centrifuges have begun processing small quantities of the gas that can be used to make the fissile core of nuclear warheads, diplomats said Wednesday.
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Iran has set up two cascades of 164 centrifuges each in its underground nuclear plant, laying a basis for full-scale enrichment of uranium and upping the stakes in a standoff with the West, European diplomats said on Monday.
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Iran's new generation of advanced centrifuges have begun processing small quantities of the gas that can be used to make the fissile core of nuclear warheads, diplomats told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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VIENNA Iran refused on Thursday to abandon plans to operate uranium enrichment equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, European and Iranian officials said.
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VIENNA, Feb. 5 -- Shrugging off the threat of tougher U.N. sanctions, Iran has set up more than 300 centrifuges in two uranium enrichment units at its underground Natanz complex, diplomats and officials said Monday.
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Iran is seeking a last-minute exception to its commitment to stop all uranium enrichment activities by demanding the right to operate around two dozen centrifuges, diplomats said Wednesday.
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Iran will not abandon its right to  nuclear technology regardless of threats of more sanctions,  Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a letter to his  French counterpart issued on Monday by an Iranian news agency.
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It wants to be allowed to operate dozens of centrifuges &quot;for research purposes&quot; -- an activity banned under a uranium enrichment freeze Iran just agreed to.
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Iran is asking to be allowed to renege on a commitment to freeze all uranium-enrichment activities and be allowed to operate dozens of centrifuges, according to news reports.
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VIENNA -- Iran has set up two cascades of 164 centrifuges each in its underground nuclear plant, laying a basis for full-scale enrichment of uranium and upping the stakes in a standoff with the West, European diplomats said yesterday.
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PARIS Iran reiterated its right to produce fissile uranium for nuclear energy Wednesday, despite urging from the United Nations&#39; nuclear agency that the country suspend such activity.