Despite compromise, Iran sanctions measure elusive
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In an effort to resolve Russia's objections, proposed European sanctions against the Iranian nuclear program would ease bans on goods and technology that Tehran could import but no deal is in sight, diplomats said on Friday.
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TEHRAN  - Iran stuck by its demand that 20 centrifuges be excluded from its agreement to freeze nuclear fuel work, and complained a draft International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was &quot;not satisfactory&quot;.
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The economic impact of U.S. sanctions against Iran is unclear and since 2003 Iran's government has signed about $20 billion in energy contracts with foreign firms, a U.S. audit report said.
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Tehran has failed to dispel   international doubts it wants nuclear bombs, the U.N. nuclear   watchdog agency reported on Thursday, clearing the way for the   Security Council to consider sanctions on Tehran.
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The diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear plan maintains its hold over the European press, with commentators predicting a long and difficult path for ahead for Tehran's critics.
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The Baker-Hamilton panel hopes Tehran can be persuaded to help Washington get out of Iraq. Thatâs unlikely.
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Major powers sought to narrow   differences over sanctions against Iran on Friday as a new   deadline ticked away for that country to agree to suspend   sensitive nuclear work.
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The Bush administration does not plan to seek immediate sanctions against Tehran even if it succeeds in getting Iran&#39;s nuclear program referred
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The world's major powers will try Tuesday to overcome differences over imposing more sanctions on Iran and to keep up pressure on the Tehran leadership to curb its nuclear program.
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The United States and five other major powers agreed yesterday on a new draft U.N. resolution on Iran, but the compromise incorporates weakened language that calls only for "vigilance" or "monitoring" of financial and military institutions without most of the tough economic sanctions sought by the...
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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend nuclear enrichment, six world   powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to   U.S. calls for sanctions against Tehran.
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VIENNA/TEHRAN  - Iran failed on Thursday to give a  definitive answer to an EU demand it freeze sensitive nuclear  activities or face referral to the UN Security Council for  possible sanctions, a diplomat familiar with the talks said.
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European countries have softened proposed U.N. sanctions against Iran's nuclear program in an effort to resolve Russia's objections, but no final deal is in sight, diplomats said on Friday.
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Key U.S. allies are debating the idea of a nuclear compromise with Iran that would call for only a partial freeze of Tehran's uranium enrichment program &#151; a stance that could put them at odds with Washington, officials said Friday.
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Western nations seeking tighter U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program have offered some compromises to try to overcome Chinese and Russian objections but will still face resistance when talks resume later on Monday, diplomats said.
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Iran&#39;s answer on to a European Union (EU) demand that it freeze sensitive nuclear work such as uranium enrichment has been described as not too disappointing but not completely definitive by an EU diplomat familiar with the talks.
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Six world powers failed on Tuesday to agree a draft U.N. resolution to slap sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, and after months of haggling France said several key differences remain between the West and Russia.