Iran Defiant Ahead of EU Talks
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As a delegation from Germany, France and Britain meets Iranian officials to discuss the nuclear stand-off on Thursday, Iran has reiterated its negative stance and upped the pressure by testing a long-range missile.
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Iran's president said on Wednesday his country would not surrender to pressure as world powers prepared to put the finishing touches to new United Nations sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear ambitions.
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TEHRAN -- Iran said yesterday a preliminary agreement reached between Iran and the European Union's three big powers may be finalized soon, but hard-liners criticized the deal and called on the government to ignore calls to keep suspending nuclear activities.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali   Khamenei said on Monday Iran would press ahead with its pursuit   of nuclear energy, indicating it will not heed a U.N. demand it   stop enriching uranium or face possible 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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Iran's president defiantly refused to compromise as a U.N. deadline for his country to stop enriching uranium arrived Thursday, saying Tehran would not be bullied into giving up its right to nuclear technology.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Iran would defend the aims of its nuclear programme during any negotiations, as the European Union gave Tehran extra time to show it was serious about talks.
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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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The European Union will push Iran on  Tuesday to respond to an offer of incentives to halt uranium  enrichment in a new encounter just days before a key G8  deadline, but Tehran insists it wants more time.
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Iran's negotiations with the European  Union over a deal which would spare Tehran from possible U.N.  sanctions over its nuclear program are in their final stages,  Iran said Saturday.
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IranÂs president told the U.N. secretary general that he would not halt uranium enrichment before negotiations.
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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.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Iran would defend the aims of its nuclear programme during any negotiations as the European Union gave Tehran extra time to show it was serious about talks.
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TEHRAN, Iran Sept. 8, 2004 - Iran confirmed Wednesday that it was holding talks with the European Union on freezing some nuclear activities, but said it won&#39;t give up its plan to control the whole nuclear
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IRAN insisted yesterday that it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union to freeze its uranium enrichment programme - a move diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal.
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Iran wants talks on its nuclear program but rejects preconditions demanding it freeze the work, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, just ahead of a U.N. deadline for Tehran to back down.
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Iran dug in its heels over its nuclear program on Monday ahead of a meeting of Western powers to discuss tightening U.N. sanctions on Tehran amid Western fears it aims to produce nuclear weapons.