Diplomats Say Iran Uranium Deal Salvaged
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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to the press at Vienna&#39;s International Center, on Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, during the 35-nation board of governors meeting
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NEW YORK -- Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment has sabotaged talks meant to defuse the standoff over its nuclear program, opening the way for the UN Security Council to start considering sanctions next week, senior UN diplomats said yesterday.
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VIENNA -- A year ago, nonproliferation officials were jubilantly hailing the triumph of diplomacy in reining in Iran's alleged nuclear weapons ambitions. But many now fear that efforts to negotiate with Tehran have descended into a perilous diplomatic quagmire.
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TEHERAN - Iran said on Tuesday it could revise its decision to suspend uranium enrichment - brokered by Germany, France and Britain - if it felt talks with the European Union on improved trade and political cooperation were at an impasse.
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A series of secret weekend meetings in Vienna between Iranian and European diplomats led to a promise from Tehran yesterday to suspend some nuclear activities in exchange for improved trade
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Iran is close to a deal that would   include a temporary suspension of uranium enrichment and clear   the way for nuclear talks but Tehran wants to keep the   agreement secret, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday.
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Iran has halted sensitive nuclear activity, including uranium enrichment, as part of a deal to escape possible trade sanctions by the United Nations.
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Iran and its European partners struggled to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program.
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PARIS -- European diplomats have made &quot;considerable progress&quot; toward a provisional accord concerning Iran's nuclear program, France's Foreign Ministry said yesterday, despite earlier reports of a stalemate.
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Iran may be hiding equipment bought by its military that could be used to make nuclear-weapons-grade uranium despite its recent agreement to freeze all such programs and place them under UN supervision, diplomats said Thursday.
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Some misunderstandings over Iran's nuclear policy have been cleared up, says the EU's foreign policy chief.
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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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Delegates for the U.N. nuclear agency worked to resolve a dispute over Iran's interpretation of a freeze on uranium enrichment as they prepared to deal with another matter &#151; South Korea and its illicit plutonium and uranium experiments.
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VIENNA - Last-chance Iran-EU nuclear talks in Paris on getting Teheran to suspend uranium enrichment in order to avoid UN sanctions were deadlocked on Friday evening and may continue Saturday, a Western diplomat close to the negotiations told AFP.
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In a final attempt to spare Iran the threat of U.N. sanctions, European negotiators resumed talks with Tehran Wednesday on incentives aimed at getting the regime to stop enriching uranium.
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Iran returned to talks with Europe's three heavyweight countries aimed at resolving a long-running dispute over its nuclear program, although diplomats were sceptical of a breakthrough.
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PARIS, Nov. 8 - Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi of Iran today praised the outcome of weekend talks with European negotiators, saying that a preliminary agreement had been reached to suspend Iran's production of enriched uranium immediately. But he emphasized that any suspension would only be temporary.