Iran won't halt atomic work, snubs big powers
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Iran said on Tuesday it would never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, a day after world powers agreed to work on a new U.N. resolution to pressure Tehran to back down over its nuclear program.
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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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President Ahmadinejad said today that U.N. sanctions will not deter Iran from pursuing its nuclear program.
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Iran has said there was no reason to suspend its nuclear activities, maintaining a tough line despite talks with the European Union aimed at persuading Tehran to halt uranium enrichment.
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Iran will not accept any preconditions   for talks on its nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry   spokesman said on Sunday, dismissing the idea Iran would accept   suspension of its atomic work.
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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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Tehran - Iranian officials said on Wednesday they will not cede to international demands for the Islamic republic to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities, saying they were ready for confrontation or negotiation.
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Iran rejected Sunday a U.N. resolution  calling on it to freeze uranium enrichment activities and  threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if its  case were sent to the U.N. Security Council.
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Iran said Sunday its nuclear activities have not halted or slowed down, rejecting reports that it has not significantly expanded its uranium enrichment program this summer as planned.
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Iran vowed defiantly on Thursday not to   bow to Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was   expected to report Tehran had failed to meet a deadline to halt   work which the West fears could help it build a nuclear bomb.
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Iran's hard-line president on Thursday again rejected demands that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, even as top Iranian and European diplomats sounded somewhat optimistic about making progress toward starting negotiations.
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Iran reiterated Sunday that it won&#39;t accept any proposal depriving it of the right to enrich uranium, saying it can&#39;t be bullied into giving up its nuclear energy program, state media reported.
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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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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 will not beg world powers for its right to develop nuclear technology and has shown it will not retreat from the "field of danger" to protect such rights, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.
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Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, as demanded by the West, but is still holding talks about its nuclear program, the Iranian government spokesman said on Monday.
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Iran reiterates that it will not give up uranium enrichment on the eve of talks with the European Union.