Iran atomic stance may harden as Larijani resigns
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator has resigned and the man named to replace Ali Larijani could present the West with a harder line in a long-running dispute over Tehran's atomic ambitions.
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Former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday stated that the way is open for the European Union to reach an agreement with Tehran on the nuclear issue if its representatives act more rationally and stop being too demanding.
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Fears that Islamic hard-liners could  exacerbate Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, scare foreign  investors and worsen social tensions may pave the way for a  comeback by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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TEHRAN - A foreign ministry official said yesterday that Iran's former nuclear negotiator, considered a relative moderate, would attend talks in Rome this week even though he has left his post.
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Two announcements today appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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TEHERAN - Iran will pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and develop its atomic programme in secret if Western countries threaten or put pressure on Tehran, a senior Iran diplomat was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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TEHRAN -- Behind Iran's defiant stance on its nuclear program lies an anxious debate over the country's role in the world.
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Iran stressed on Monday its decision to freeze sensitive nuclear work was a voluntary move to dispel concerns it was secretly building atomic arms and would last only for a short time.
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LISBON -- A senior Iranian official warned yesterday that further UN sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program could derail ongoing negotiations toward a settlement. Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear envoy, me t yesterday with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Iran has agreed to disclose past suspicious nuclear activities if diplomatic efforts continue. Solana called the session constructive.
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TEHRAN, Oct 27  - Iran&#39;s supreme guide Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Wednesday that Tehran could break off nuclear talks with the international community if &quot;illogical demands&quot; were made such as long-term suspension of uranium enrichment.
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WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency last week gave Iran an additional few months to consider abandoning its uranium enrichment programs, allowing Teheran more time to potentially advance toward nuclear weapons capability, and throwing
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Pragmatists in Iran's clerical regime were under pressure from hardliners who lined up to condemn an agreement to suspend sensitive nuclear activities in line with international demands.
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Iran has sent mixed signals on a European Union proposal, under which Tehran would abandon efforts to develop nuclear weapons in return for greater cooperation in the nuclear-energy sphere and expanded trade opportunities.
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Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Tuesday Iran would not bow to pressure to give up its right to nuclear technology.
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Iran is ready to renounce its efforts to assemble centrifuges to enrich uranium in order to avoid being brought before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, diplomats said here Tuesday.
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Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator has resigned, an Iranian government spokesman has said.
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Iran&#39;s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is set to meet UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday, a day before renewed talks with the European Union about Tehran&#39;s nuclear programme.