Iran says U.S. talks delayed for technical reasons
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Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday technical reasons were behind the delay in talks between Iranian and U.S. officials on Iraq and denied new U.S. charges that Tehran was stoking violence in its neighbor.
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The United States prodded Iran on Thursday to respond as early as next week &amp;#151; and no later than mid-July &amp;#151; to an offer of incentives to suspend its disputed nuclear program.
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Russia will delay construction work at  Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor because Iran is behind with its  payments, a source in Russia's nuclear agency said on Monday.
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Iran has postponed a scheduled round of talks with the United States in Baghdad on Iraqi security, giving no reason for the delay, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.
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A history of official contact &#151; and near misses &#151; between U.S. and Iranian officials.
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A key meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency stalled Wednesday, reflecting disagreements between the United States and Europe over how firmly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program.
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Iran warned the United States on Sunday  not to attack its nuclear facilities and said talks with Europe  might produce a deal to defuse the dispute over its alleged  covert ambitions to build atomic weapons.
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Iran has agreed to avoid setting a firm deadline for talks with the European Union on its nuclear programme and could maintain its freeze of uranium enrichment activities until at least mid-year.
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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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Russia will delay construction work at Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor because Iran is behind with its payments, a source in Russia's nuclear agency said on Monday.
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UN atomic agency Chief Mohamed ElBardadei has reported a deadlock in talks with Iran, saying Tehran had so far failed to meet a pledge to fully suspend uranium enrichment.
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Iran's nuclear transparency deal with U.N. inspectors could be a recipe for delay and the lack of any provision for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment is unacceptable, the United States and EU powers said on Wednesday.
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The United States said on Wednesday   that Iran's request for talks fell short of the U.N. Security   Council's demand for it to halt its nuclear program.
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Russia may delay work on an Iranian nuclear plant because Iran is late with payments, Russian officials say.
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Talks between Tehran and the EU on  Iran's nuclear programme have been put back, Iranian officials say.
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Iran postponed crucial nuclear talks   with the European Union on Wednesday in apparent anger at an   exiled opposition leader's visit to the European Parliament,   but the meeting will go ahead on Thursday.
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President Bush said Iran on Wednesday   was taking too long to say whether it will suspend nuclear work   that could lead to the development of atomic weapons and warned   North Korea not to test-fire a long-range missile.