Iran defiant, big powers seek progress on sanctions
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Six world powers were to meet in Paris on Tuesday to try to break the deadlock over U.N. sanctions on Iran's nuclear program, but Tehran said any denial of its rights would be seen as "enmity".
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World powers are making progress on new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities, US officials say.
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Iran responds defiantly to new US sanctions which target its Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and three banks.
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Iran marked the 28th anniversary of its revolution on Sunday seeking to show unity over its nuclear policy, but Western pressure and cautious voices at home dampened prospects for a major statement on atomic progress.
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Major powers working on a U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions on Iran probably will not complete a draft text by the end of the week as expected, diplomats said after another round of talks on Tuesday.
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BERLIN -- Iran has failed to meet a United Nations Security Council demand that it suspend nuclear enrichment, six world powers agreed yesterday, but there was opposition to US calls for sanctions against Tehran. Senior officials from Germany, France, Britain, the United States, Russia, and China met in Berlin to work out a strategy on Iran, but while they agreed ...
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Iran dug in its heels over its nuclear program on Monday as major powers discussed tightening U.N. sanctions against the Islamic republic, which the West fears is attempting to produce nuclear weapons.
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The United States and other world powers on Thursday worked on a response to Tehran's defiance of a U.N. Security Council ultimatum on mothballing its uranium enrichment program, while Iranian dissidents presented a list of alleged front companies they said were set up by the Islamic republic to evade U.N. sanctions.
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A senior U.S. envoy on Monday welcomed progress at talks meant to defuse a standoff over Iran's nuclear defiance, but said the U.N. Security Council still intends to "move forward" toward sanctions if Tehran refuses to freeze uranium enrichment.
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Top diplomats from the world's major powers will try to reach agreement Saturday on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. A U.S. official predicted the session would lead to a "substantive resolution."
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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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Major powers on Thursday made progress toward agreeing on new sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program and hope to have their U.N. ambassadors begin drafting a formal Security Council resolution next week, a senior U.S. official said.
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The United States told Iran on Thursday it must change its nuclear course or be isolated, but Tehran remained defiant despite the specter of harsher sanctions as it held talks on its atomic work with the European Union.
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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world   powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to   U.S. calls for sanctions.
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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions hours   before a U.N. deadline to stop work the West fears could lead   to atomic bombs.
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Six world powers made "substantive progress" but failed to reach an accord Tuesday on a U.N. resolution to punish Iran for defying demands to halt its nuclear program, the French Foreign Ministry said after talks in Paris.
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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.