Iran defiant on nuclear plans before Rome talks
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Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.
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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 new top nuclear negotiator is scheduled to hold Tuesday his first international meeting about Tehran's contentious nuclear program since his appointment  -  a one-day session in Rome with the European Union's foreign policy chief
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Iran says it is ready to talk to the US but rejects Washington's call for it to first halt uranium enrichment.
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Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran would never yield to international pressure to suspend its uranium enrichment work.
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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 Sunday rejected European demands it abandon sensitive nuclear activities but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances that its atomic ambitions are entirely peaceful.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Iran insisted on Saturday a dispute with the West over its nuclear program could be resolved by negotiation as its chief nuclear negotiator arrived in Germany for meetings with European officials.
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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 Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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On the eve of talks with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Iran's nuclear negotiator Wednesday rejected the possibility of Iran suspending its uranium enrichment program.
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Iran said yesterday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers which have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.
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Iran vows to defend its nuclear activities to the end, as world powers prepare for talks on more sanctions.
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An influential Iranian cleric said on   Friday that Iran would not halt uranium enrichment work,   calling it an unacceptable precondition set by six world powers   for talks over the country's atomic activities.
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Top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Wednesday Iran would not halt uranium enrichment, on the eve of talks with the EU foreign policy chief over Iran&#39;s controversial nuclear programme.
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Iran on Tuesday defied international calls for it to stop enriching uranium, a day before a U.N. deadline for it to back down.