Brief Nuclear Halt May Lead to Talks With Iran
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signaled yesterday that a temporary suspension of Iran's nuclear programs might be enough to pave the way for the first direct negotiations involving the United States and Iran in more than a quarter-century.
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The United States said Wednesday it would join in face-to-face talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program once Tehran puts its atomic activities on hold, a shift in tactics meant to offer the Iranians a last chance to avoid punishing sanctions.
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Crucial negotiations between Iran and the European Union centered on demands the Islamic republic suspend some of its nuclear activities failed to reach a conclusion but will continue Friday, a source close to the talks told AFP.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday the United States is willing to look at creative ways to get Iran to halt nuclear activities that could lead to a bomb. She held firm that the U.S. won't discuss rewards for Iran until it meets that condition.
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Iranian President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad on Wednesday signaled a willingness to negotiate as   major powers said Tehran had until early October to agree to   suspend its nuclear program.
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After five days of intense internal deliberations, Iranian officials met with European envoys here Thursday to seek "clarifications" on a proposed deal that would require Tehran to indefinitely suspend a pivotal aspect of its nuclear energy program that could be converted to military use, Western diplomatic sources here said.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Iran's foreign minister expressed optimism yesterday that negotiations would resolve the dangerous impasse over his country's nuclear program, raising hopes that Iran might voluntarily curb uranium enrichment in exchange for economic and technological incentives.
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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran warned Wednesday that its agreement to suspend sensitive nuclear activities was subject to rapid progress being made in a new round of negotiations due to begin next month.
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A claim by Iran that it has suspended uranium enrichment appears to open a three-month window for a compromise over what it insists is its peaceful atomic energy programme.
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VIENNA (Austria): Iran is to decide within two or three days whether to honour a UN call to fully suspend enriching uranium or to resume this key part of the nuclear fuel cycle.
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TEHRAN, Nov 17 : A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that Tehran was only likely to suspend sensitive nuclear activities surrounding the enrichment of uranium for a few months.
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Pending a final settlement with the EU, Iran has agreed to suspend most of its uranium enrichment activities in exchange for increased co-operation in trade and energy.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator acknowledged on Wednesday that Tehran was in talks to renew its freeze of some sensitive nuclear activities.
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The Bush administration will talk with European allies later this week about possible economic incentives to Iran if it agrees to suspend the enrichment of uranium, a key step in the production of nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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Key nations trying to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions are hoping Tehran will agree quickly to suspend uranium enrichment and return to negotiations, but they are planning for sanctions if it does not, diplomats ...Comment
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Iranian President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his country was prepared to   negotiate a suspension of its most sensitive nuclear work if it   received fair guarantees in talks with major powers, but the   United States and many experts reacted skeptically.
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TEHRAN -- Iran may resume uranium enrichment, a process which can be used to make atomic bombs, in March if talks with the European Union fail to yield satisfactory progress, a senior Iranian security official said yesterday.