U.S. Allies Reject Tough Talk on Iran
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The Bush administration failed on Friday to persuade them to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran, settling instead for another request that Tehran voluntarily drop its nuclear program.
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VALKENBURG, the Netherlands -- Major European powers were discussing yesterday whether to take Iran to the UN Security Council amid frustration at its failure to cooperate fully with UN efforts to make sure it is not secretly trying to develop atomic weapons.
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Key U.S. allies have begun discussing whether to tolerate a partial freeze on Iran's uranium enrichment program &#151; a stance that could put them at odds with Washington, officials said Friday.
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Iran on Thursday spurned a U.S. offer of   direct talks on its nuclear program as major world powers   sought agreement on incentives to coax it to scrap potentially   weapons-related atomic work.
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Secretary of state says that the U.S. would rebuff European efforts to bring it into negotiations with Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic state from developing nuclear weapons.
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The Iranian foreign minister on Friday rejected a U.S. offer of direct talks on Iraq, saying the Americans had raised &quot;other issues.&quot;
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The Bush administration&#39;s campaign to persuade Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons programs is running into resistance among some allies and disputes over
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The U.S. failed to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency that it should refer Iran's suspect nuclear program to the Security Council.
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Non-aligned nations on Tuesday rejected any "interference" in Iran's nuclear transparency deal with U.N. inspectors, a rebuff to Western complaints that the pact fails to curb activity that could lead to atom bombs.
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The United States failed again today to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency that it should refer Iran&#39;s suspect nuclear program to the United Nations Security
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The United States, which has been pressing for tough UN action against Iran, has not yet given its position on any deal, saying today it was waiting for word from Britain, Germany and France, the nations negotiating with Tehran.
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Non-aligned nations rejected on Tuesday  any &quot;interference&quot; in Iran&#39;s nuclear transparency deal with  U.N. inspectors, in a rebuff to the United States and European  Union.
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Six world powers abandoned attempts Tuesday to issue a joint statement criticizing Iran's nuclear defiance after China and Russia refused to endorse U.S.-backed tough language, diplomats said.
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A US-European rift surfaced Tuesday over how harshly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program, with the Europeans ignoring American suggestions and circulating their own recommendations to other delegates at a key meeting of the UN atomic agency.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Germany urged the United States  on Saturday to back EU diplomacy on Iran to stop it acquiring  nuclear weapons, while Tehran expressed optimism about reaching  a deal with the Europeans.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday all but rejected the idea of talks with Iran about quelling the violence in Iraq unless Tehran first acts to rein in its suspected nuclear weapons program.
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Germany urged the United States on Saturday to back EU diplomacy on Iran to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons, while Tehran expressed optimism about reaching a deal with the Europeans.