Iran talks tough on nukes
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Tehran - Iran&#39;s top nuclear official said on Sunday the Islamic republic would refuse to accept any limitations on its nuclear activities, and threatened to halt tough UN inspections if the case was referred to the Security Council.
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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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Iran will resume talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday to clarify its atomic activity, an Iranian official said, a process diplomats say has slowed moves to adopt tougher U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran wanted talks to continue to remove the West's concerns over its nuclear program but said Tehran would not abandon its right to make nuclear fuel.
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Iran slammed UN efforts to rein in its nuclear programme Wednesday but both the United States and Europe called for tough action at a UN atomic watchdog meeting that brought new sanctions closer.
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Iran and its European partners struggled on Friday to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program, European and Iranian officials said.
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Iran said on Sunday that the nuclear negotiations with the European Union (EU) in Paris were complicated but progressing, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.
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Iran&#39;s nuclear behavior poses a serious  concern it might gain the ability to build atom bombs, the U.N.  atomic watchdog agency said on Monday as Tehran and the EU  resumed talks but dampened expectations of a breakthrough.
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The US is to host international talks on Iran's nuclear plans, as Tehran refuses to halt uranium enrichment.
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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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Iran sought a compromise at talks on Saturday with Britain, France and Germany to avoid a dispute over its nuclear program being referred to the United Nations Security Council and to avert the risk of sanctions.
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Talks meant to give Tehran a last chance to avoid U.N. sanctions were in jeopardy on Wednesday, with diplomats and European officials saying Iran's chief nuclear negotiator had still not confirmed if he would meet with the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog met Iranian leaders on Saturday to push for swifter cooperation in resolving questions about Tehran's atomic activity, which the West fears will be used to make bombs.
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Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Wednesday, ruling out the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran a day before talks with the EU's Javier Solana.
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Iran was sending mixed messages on Tuesday regarding the development of its nuclear program. Iranian President Mohammed Khatami said on Tuesday that his country would
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VIENNA -- Iran said yesterday that it would press ahead to build a nuclear reactor despite the decision by the UN's nuclear agency against giving technical assistance to the project.