U.N.'s Ban "very worried" on Iran's nuclear progress
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried about Iran's nuclear program but hopes a stand-off with the international community can be resolved through dialogue, he said in comments published in Italy on Friday.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog called on Iran on Saturday to immediately halt activities related to uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to make atomic weapons.
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A divided U.N. nuclear watchdog has put off until Thursday ruling on Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade plutonium, but is still likely to block such assistance, diplomats said.
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Iran rejected on Sunday a U.N.  resolution calling on it to freeze uranium enrichment  activities and threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic  facilities if its case were sent to the U.N. Security Council.
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The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions over fears it hopes to produce an atomic bomb.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite the threat of new sanctions, Iran is advancing work at its largest nuclear facility and has informed international inspectors in writing that it will not comply with a United Nations order to suspend the program, according to US and European diplomats familiar with the inspectors' latest findings.
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Iran on Sunday denounced as "illegal" demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment &#151; a technology that can be used for nuclear weapons &#151; and threatened to limit cooperation with the agency if it moves toward sanctions.
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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 will stop allowing U.N. snap checks  of nuclear sites if the atomic issue is sent to the Security  Council, its chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani said on  Sunday.
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Iran rejected on Sunday a resolution from the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it should freeze uranium enrichment and threatened to end snap checks of atomic facilities if its case were sent to the U.N. Security Council.
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Iran warned on Thursday it may reconsider basic cooperation with United Nations nuclear inspectors if it was hit with harsher U.N. sanctions over its expanding atomic program.
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Iran faces the risk of sanctions after a   U.N. nuclear watchdog report on Thursday that is likely to find   it has ignored a deadline to halt an atomic fuel program   Western leaders say could lead to bombs.
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U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei sought clarity from Iran on Friday about an atomic program the West fears may ultimately yield warheads.
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Proposed new United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program call for travel bans and asset freezes for named Iranian officials and vigilance on all banks in Iran, according to a draft text.
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A "threatening atmosphere" in Iran is causing a deterioration in already restricted religious freedom for nearly all minorities despite repeated expressions of concern by the United Nations, the State Department said Friday.
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Iran rejected Sunday a U.N. resolution  calling on it to freeze uranium enrichment activities and  threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if its  case were sent to the U.N. Security Council.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog director said on Monday Iran must take measures well beyond its limited plan for atomic transparency in order to remove distrust in its nuclear intentions.