Carrot offered on nukes, but Iran to say stick it
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BRITAIN, France and Germany have presented Iran with a package of economic and political incentives as part of a last-ditch attempt to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment program.
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VIENNA, Oct 21  - Iran has not agreed to an offer  by the European Union to receive nuclear technology in exchange  for abandoning its uranium enrichment program, but it will  consider the proposal, an Iranian official said on Thursday.
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The international community is once more contemplating what to do about Iran&#39;s quest for nuclear weapons. As often with the Islamic Republic of Iran, there are no easy options, but a series of
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Shrugging off an ultimatum from the U.N. nuclear agency, Iran revealed Tuesday that it started converting tons of raw uranium as part of a process that could be used to make nuclear arms.
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TEHRAN, Iran Iran says it is interested in buying nuclear fuel from the West, but that it won&#39;t give up its right to also develop its own nuclear technology.
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referral was a possibility. &quot;Iran has fully prepared itself for the possible consequences,&quot; he told Reuters. The EU trio want Iran to halt uranium enrichment since it can be used to make nuclear bomb material.
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Iran said Sunday it was seriously considering incentives to halt its nuclear program and that the United States and other nations should be patient about getting a response.
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The deadlines are all past, yet Iran remains defiant over its nuclear program.
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It's not going to be pretty folks.  Mr. Sarkozy praised the current diplomatic initiative by the world's powers, a two-pronged approach that threatens tougher United Nations-mandated sanctions if Iran does not stop enriching uranium for possible use in a nuclear weapon, but holds out the possibility of incentives if Iran complies.   That approach, he said, "is the only one that can enable us to avoid being faced with an alternative that I call catastrophic: an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran."
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Two announcements today appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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TEHRAN, NOVEMBER 30: Iran reiterated today it was only prepared to freeze its uranium enrichment activities for a few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want, permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.
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Iran might be willing to give up its uranium enrichment capabilities but it wants many things in return -- above all a guarantee that no one will try to topple the Islamic regime, diplomats and analysts say.
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You have to hand it to Iranian diplomacy. Heads of state, scores of ministers, and senior representatives from a number of the world&#39;s most powerful nations are working ardently to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons.
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MUNICH, Feb. 11 -- Facing the prospect of broader international sanctions, Iran's president and national security chief on Sunday offered to resume negotiations over their country's nuclear program and eased up on some of the contentious  rhetoric of the past, including threats to destroy Israel.
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VIENNA: Shrugging off a 35-nation ultimatum, Iran revealed on Tuesday that it had started converting tons of raw uranium as part of technology that could be used to make nuclear arms.
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Bush seems to be intentionally sending mixed messages on Iran.
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Iran claims that it can produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon within a year. According to Undersecretary of State John Bolton, &quot;We cannot let Iran, a leading sponsor