Defiant Iran begins new nuclear tests
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The Iranian Government has begun a new round of nuclear experiments, raising fears of United Nations weapons inspectors and the Bush Administration that it plans to develop nuclear 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 added a &quot;strategic missile&quot; to its military arsenal after a successful test, and the defense minister said Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.
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VIENNA, Sept. 21. - Shrugging off a 35-nation ultimatum, Iran today revealed 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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Iran insists it will continue its controversial nuclear programme, ahead of UN talks on possible new sanctions.
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London, Sept. 22 (NNN): A defiant Iran on Tuesday announced that it had resumed producing a uranium gas for enrichment as a nuclear fuel, reports The Guardian.
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Iran's new nuclear negotiator steps onto the international stage for the first time on Tuesday at a meeting where Western diplomats will try to gauge whether Tehran has hardened its stance on its atomic program.
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Iran began processing uranium more than a week ago to prepare it for enrichment -- a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons -- in defiance of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, a diplomat said Wednesday.
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VIENNA -- Iran has set up two cascades of 164 centrifuges each in its underground nuclear plant, laying a basis for full-scale enrichment of uranium and upping the stakes in a standoff with the West, European diplomats said yesterday.
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The Iranian government carried out a missile test yesterday, 24 hours before a make-or-break meeting with Britain, France and Germany on its suspected nuclear weapons programme.
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Iran has been testing parts for machines  that could be used to develop nuclear weapons, despite a  promise to temporarily refrain from all such activities,  Western diplomats said on Thursday.
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Iran vowed on Wednesday to press ahead with its nuclear program, in defiance of a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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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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Iran began processing uranium more than  a week ago to prepare it for enrichment -- a process that can  be used to make nuclear weapons -- in defiance of the United  Nations' nuclear watchdog, a diplomat said Wednesday.
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IranÂs president continued defiant pronouncements today, the U.N. deadline to halt production of nuclear fuel.
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A defiant Iran faces the threat of U.N.  Security Council sanctions after the world body's atomic  watchdog said Tehran refused to stop work on its nuclear  program by a Thursday deadline.
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Iran began its largest war games in almost a year Monday, just two days ahead of a U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment or face further economic sanctions.