Iran vows not to 'retreat one iota' in nuclear pursuit
245903
Despite the threat of sanctions and a looming deadline, the Iranian president again scoffed Wednesday at a U.N. Security Council demand that the Islamic republic halt its uranium-enrichment program.
149865
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON  - Iran, in a renewed challenge  to U.S. and European efforts to prevent it from acquiring a  nuclear bomb, vowed on Wednesday it would never give up its  nuclear program.
172518
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday said his country would not beg world powers to allow Iran to have a nuclear program.
758702
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday that Iran would defend its nuclear program, describing his country as a potential role model for others trying to develop advanced technology.
538644
Iran is determined to press ahead with its nuclear program even if it results in a halt of U.N. checks of the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites, President Mohammad Khatami said on Tuesday.
334820
VIENNA Iran refused on Thursday to abandon plans to operate uranium enrichment equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, European and Iranian officials said.
523787
Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
310177
Iran has no reverse gear in its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, while a deputy foreign minister vowed Tehran was prepared for any eventuality, "even for war".
125195
Iran has no brake and no reverse gear in its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, while a deputy foreign minister vowed Tehran was prepared for any eventuality, "even for war".
305693
Iran said Saturday it would continue its nuclear program but provide ``guarantees&#39;&#39; not to build atomic weapons, and warned Washington it cannot stabilize neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehran&#39;s help.
300386
Iran said Saturday it would continue its nuclear program but provide "guarantees" not to build atomic weapons, and warned Washington it cannot stabilize neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehran's help.
476678
Iran seems determined to defy the international community and continue to develop a nuclear bomb. That&#39;s no longer in dispute.
518141
TEHRAN, Iran Iran says it won&#39;t be bullied into giving up its nuclear energy plans. State television quotes a government spokesman (Hamid Reza Asefi) who says Tehran only wants proposals that meet its national
408341
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.
353698
TEHRAN -- Iran will never scrap its nuclear program, and talks with Europeans are intended to protect the country's atomic achievements, not negotiate an end to them, an Iranian official said yesterday.
689784
Iran says it will not agree to halt uranium enrichment, despite a call by the UN to suspend all such activities.
311453
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers that have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.    Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran already had the technology required for its nuclear fuel cycle, and would not reverse the situation...