Iran says Western nuclear pressure failing
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Thursday the West had failed in efforts to put pressure on the Islamic Republic over its atomic activities.
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Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.
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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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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions hours 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 call for help in building a plutonium-producing reactor appeared headed for rejection, with diplomats at a 35-nation meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency saying Tuesday that many of Tehran's traditional allies favored denying the request.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   urged the West to turn to God's path and said on Wednesday that   failure to do so would tempt fate.
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Despite intense pressure from other nations, Iran failed to provide written assurances yesterday that it was fully suspending its nuclear program, though Tehran's negotiators promised a commitment would be forthcoming, U.S. and European diplomats said.
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Iran on Sunday rejected European demands it halt its pursuit of nuclear technology but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances it would not use that technology to build atomic weapons.
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Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment
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Iran's Foreign Ministry has said that tougher U.S. sanctions are "doomed to fail" and accused Washington of adopting confrontational policies as it seeks to hold Tehran accountable for refusing to halt its nuclear program.
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Iran vowed on Thursday not to bow to   Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was expected to   report Tehran had defied a deadline to halt work which the West   fears could help it build nuclear bombs.
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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 West is trying to bully Iran into giving up its nuclear program, Iran&#39;s supreme leader said on Monday. Tehran once again appeared to be flip-flopping on its agreement
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Iran must comply with demands from UN nuclear inspectors seeking to verify that the country is not attempting to produce nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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The world's most powerful nations failed to agree on new sanctions against Iran amid reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to put Tehran's case for a nuclear program before the U.N. Security Council.
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The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran failed to halt uranium enrichment activity ahead of a deadline.
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Iran backs down on its demand to exempt some of its technology from a nuclear freeze, diplomats say.